Ingredients for - Sugar Cookie Cups with Cream Cheese Filling

1. Butter ½ cup
2. White sugar, or more as needed, divided ½ cup
3. Egg 1
4. Vanilla extract ½ teaspoon
5. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
6. All-purpose flour 2 tablespoons
7. Baking powder ½ teaspoon
8. Baking soda ¼ teaspoon
9. Salt ¼ teaspoon
10. Cream cheese 1 (8 ounce) package
11. White sugar ¼ cup
12. White sugar 2 tablespoons
13. Egg 1

How to cook deliciously - Sugar Cookie Cups with Cream Cheese Filling

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 cupcake cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Beat butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth.

3 . Stage

Sift 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix into butter mixture until combined.

4 . Stage

Place 1 teaspoon of batter into each of the prepared cupcake cups. Sprinkle each cup with a little sugar.

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and indent each cup using a teaspoon-sized measuring spoon. Let cool 10 minutes.

6 . Stage

While cookie cups cool, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and egg together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth. Place a little more than 1 teaspoon of filling into each cookie cup. Sprinkle with sugar.

7 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until filling sets, 10 to 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before serving.