Gingerbread Cheesecake Cookies • Kroll's Korner

Ingredients

• 4-6 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened (use 6 oz. if you want them extra stuffed!)
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 12 Tbsp. vegetable shortening, cold, cut into cubes
• 1 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed (light or dark)
• 1/3 cup molasses (I used Grandmas unsulphured Molasses)
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
• 1/2-1 tsp. ground cinnamon