Cream Cheese Drop Cookies

Name: Cream Cheese Drop Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 5 dozen
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 c butter; 2 (3oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature; 1 c sugar; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg; 2 c all purpose flour; 2 Tbsp milk; pecans, halved; candied cherries, halved; 1/2 c toasted coconut

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By Maria Espravnik
@Cookymom

This is the EVERYDAY version of a Holiday Favorite

Rating:

★★★★★ 3 votes5

Comments:

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Serves:

5 dozen

Prep:

10 Min

Cook:

10 Min

Method:

Bake

Ingredients

1 c

butter
2 (3oz) pkg

cream cheese, room temperature
1 c

sugar
1/4 tsp

salt
1 tsp

vanilla extract
1

egg
2 c

all purpose flour
2 Tbsp

milk
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pecans, halved
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candied cherries, halved
1/2 c

toasted coconut
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How to Make Cream Cheese Drop Cookies

Step-by-Step

Cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, and vanilla
Add egg and milk; beat well.
Stir in the flour and toasted coconut
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.
*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