Candy Cane Kiss Cheesecake Cookies

By srumbel

The perfect holiday cookie, these Candy Cane Kiss Cheesecake Cookies are festive and full of peppermint and cheesecake flavor!
from sweettreatsmore.com

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, soft6 oz cream cheese, soft
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp peppermint extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 24 candy cane kisses, unwrapped
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips, melted
• extra sugar for rolling cookies in

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Mix in sugar, egg, egg yolk, vanilla, and peppermint extract and beat until creamy.
In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Slowly mix dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined well.
Chill dough in the fridge for 1 hour.
Scoop into one-inch round balls and roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment. Bake for about 10 minutes (watch so they don't brown. a little under-done is okay!)
Let cool for a couple of minutes then press a candy cane kiss into the center of each cookie. Let cool for a couple more minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. Drizzle tops of cookies with melted white chocolate.

Notes
**dough will be sticky so you need to chill it. once it has chilled, work quickly to get cookies in the oven. keep unused dough chilling until you are done.