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Viewed: 41 - Published at: 9 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening butter flavor
- 1 package cream cheese (3 oz) softened
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1/2 cup apricot preserves (jam)
- 1 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped or flaked coconut
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup apricot preserves (jam)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening butter flavor
- 1 x pecans finely chopped or flake coconut (optional)
Method
- Heat oven to 350F (180C).
- Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco.
- Set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake at 350F (180C) for 14 minutes.
- Cool on baking sheet one minute.
- Remove to cooling rack.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- 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.
