Sul Sul, gerbits. These cookies are so good. I had SO many good reviews for this recipe. We are going to be making Red Velvet Cream Cheese thumbprint cookies.

These cookies do take a longer time than other cookies, but oh my gosh, the end result is worth it.

For the cookies, you are going to need:

• butter/margarine
• brown sugar
• egg yolk
• vanilla extract
• flour
• red food coloring
• cocoa powder
• sanding sugar. Even though I used regular granulated sugar for this part, and it tasted really good. 

For the cream cheese filling, you are going to need:

• cream cheese
• egg yolk
• sugar
• salt
• vanilla extract

Once again the recipe is going to be in the description. 

The first thing you are going to do is preheat your oven to 300. And line two cookie sheets with parchment paper, or spray with non-stick spray. 

You are going to mix the butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla until light and fluffy, with a hand mixer, or a standing mixer, if you have one. 

Next, mix the flour, food coloring and cocoa powder with the wet ingredients until a soft dough forms.

Using a cookie scoop, a teaspoon measuring spoon, or just a small spoon, scoop some of the dough into your hands and roll it into a ball. 

Now you are going to pour the sanding sugar, or granulated sugar into a bowl. Roll the dough in this bowl.

You then are going to repeat this step until you have no more dough left. 

Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. I know what you, gerbits are thinking “ OH MY GOSH, Briella is baking cookies longer than 8 minutes. Is something wrong?” *haha* No, nothing is wrong. Normally I would bring the time down to 8 minutes. IF the temperature was at 350. These cookies, however, are cooking at 300. Which is a lesser temperature than I normally bake it, so I just followed the instructions, and they did taste amazing. 

While the cookies are in the oven baking, you are going to make your cream cheese filling.

Using an electric mixer you are going to mix the cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, salt, and vanilla until it is smooth. 

After the timer goes off. You are going to take your cookies out and make an indentation to the cookies. You are going to want to get a spoon and press down to make the indentation. Do not do what I did and I try and use your thumb. These cookies are going to be hot because they just came out of the oven. 

Once you made the indentations in the cookies you are going to spoon in approximately a teaspoon amount of cheesecake filling into each indentation. Honestly just eyeball it. 

Bake for an additional 12 minutes or until the filling is set. Make sure that when you place a toothpick in the middle of a cookie it comes out clean. Once it does, then it is done. 

Make sure that the cookies are completely cooled before enjoying it.

I made these cookies for my sister. Our birthday is the same, and I didn’t have enough time to go over to her house for her birthday party. So I called her over and the rest of the family, so that they could try these cookies. They all loved them. Well, I hope you guys love this recipe. Hope to see you all gerbits next time. Vadish, Dag Dag!

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