cream cheese drop cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Drop Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) butter; 2 (3oz) package(s) cream cheese, room temperature; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1 - egg; 2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 2 tablespoon(s) milk; - pecans, halved; - candied cherries, halved; 1/2 cup(s) toasted coconut

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125 Pinches

Maria Espravnik

Warrensburg, MO

Updated on Apr 20, 2012

This is the EVERYDAY version of a Holiday Favorite

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield 5 dozen

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 (3oz) packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 - egg
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tablespoons milk
- pecans, halved
- candied cherries, halved
1/2 cup toasted coconut

How To Make cream cheese drop cookies

Step 1

Cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, and vanilla

Step 2

Add egg and milk; beat well.
Step 3

Stir in the flour and toasted coconut
Step 4

Drop cookie batter from teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet then press a pecan half or cherry half into the top of each. Bake at 325° for 18 to 20 minutes. Remove cookies to a rack to cool. Makes about 5 dozen cream cheese cookies.
Step 5

*To toast coconut in the oven, spread coconut on a baking sheet in a single layer. Bake at 325°, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes
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