My sweet tooth browsed TikTok today when I saw this recipe for a strawberry cheesecake cookie bar. I love anything strawberry and I love cheesecake. Basically anything sweet. So I set it as one of my tasks for the day to make this just as the lady on Tiktok did. Boy, was I HIGHLY confident in my creation before it went in the oven. After taking it out I realized that maybe I should have followed the instructions a little closer. It's messy and not as visually pleasing as I wanted it to be. I realized my bars would not come out as bars that are handheld, but as a cookie that should be eaten with a spoon. I thought about maybe calling it a strawberry cookie cobbler?? This is my mystery strawberry dessert that happens when "The measurements don't matter, it will turn out fine" (Peake, 2024). It is still delicious though. It also has a strawberry cream cheese frosting this is not pictured, I didn't want the pretty strawberries to be covered and I also did not want the frosting to melt on the cookie that was freshly out the oven. I was also excited to take a picture. I ate mine in a bowl topped with frosting. I have many baking recipes that I am excited to try, a few I will be making on my upcoming vacation (so excited)! Needless to say -- I will be making this again in the future.
Ingredients:
Cookie Dough
3/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp strawberry extract
1 large egg, 1 egg yolk
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Strawberry filling
4-6 strawberries, diced
1 tsps cornstarch
1/2 tbsp strawberry jam
Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup butter, room temp
4 oz cream cheese, room temp
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp strawberry extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4-1/2 cup strawberry jam
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F and line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and BOTH granulated and powdered sugars. Add the egg, egg yolk, and extracts then Whisk until combined. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir until combined. Add the all-purpose flour. I did it 1/2 cup at a time. When most of the flour is mixed in it will be harder to whisk, so I suggest just moving to kneading it with your hands. Flatten the cookie dough into the pan with a "well" in the middle. In a small bowl, mix together the strawberries, strawberry jam, and cornstarch. This is the step I did not follow. I wanted more than 6 strawberries which made the center super thin. Use your discretion when deciding how many strawberries to use. Place the strawberry mix in the well that you made with the dough. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the edges are slightly golden brown. After removing from oven, allow the cookie bars to cool in the pan before spreading the frosting. To make the frosting beat the unsalted butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer until light and creamy. Add in the strawberry extract and powdered sugar and mix again. Don't add to much powdered sugar at once or it will fly everywhere! Finally spread the frosting on top of the cooled bars! It is optional to add a layer of strawberry jam on top, but I chose not to. Thanks to @loveviv on TikTok, this recipe is delicious!
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