1/2 cup butter flavor crisco
1 package cream cheese, ( 3 oz ) softened
1 tbsp milk
1/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup apricot preserves
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped or flake, coconut
FROSTING
1 cup confectioners sugar
1/4 cup apricot preserves
1 tbsp butter flavor crisco
1 finely chopped pecans -=or=- flake, coconut ( optional
A Recipe for
Apricot Cream Cheese Drops
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14 Minutes
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
Preparation Time: 25 Mi
Serves: 18
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