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Christmas Angel Cookies
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Servings: 1
Categories:
Christmas
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients: 1/2
c
Shortening 1/2
c
Cream cheese, softened 1
c
Light brown sugar,* 1/2
c
Granulated sugar 2
Eggs 3
c
Flour 1/2
t
Baking soda 1/2
t
Salt 1
tb
Vanilla 2
c
Candied fruit, mixed 2
c
Broken pecans or almonds
Directions:
* firmly packed The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth
texture, while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor. Nice for using
the candied fruits that didn't make it into the fruit cake.
Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream
cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a
seperate bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add
flour mixture to egg and sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well. Add
candied fruit and nuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled
cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will
be just browned at the edges. Hint: You may have to mix candied fruit
and nuts in with your hands; a little shortening on your fingers will
keep the mixture from sticking. Yield: 3 dozen. Irene Holloway, Chevy
Chase, MD Randy Shearer
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