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| Apricot Cream Cheese Drops Recipe |
Category: Desserts / Cookies
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 18
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Ingredients
1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
1 pkg cream cheese, ( 3 oz ) softened
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped or flake; coconut
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1 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 cup apricot preserves
1 tablespoon butter flavor crisco
1 finely chopped pecans -=or=- flake; coconut ( optional )
Cooking Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350. Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco. Set aside.
2. Cream 1/2 cup Butter Flavor Crisco, cream cheese and milk in medium bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Beat in brown sugar. Beat in 1/2 cup preserves.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts. Drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into a mound to form each cookie. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
4. Bake at 350 for 14 minutes. Cool on baking sheet one minute. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
5. For Frosting: Combine confectioners sugar, 1/4 cup preserves and 1 tablespoon Butter Flavor Crisco in small mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixer until well blended. Frost cooled cookies. Sprinkle finely chopped pecans over frosting, if desired.
VARIATIONS: Try peach or pineapple preserves in place of apricot.
Source: Butter Flavor Crisco Cookie Collection, Page 4. Shared by: David Knight
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmcrisco.zip
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