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Apricot Cream Cheese Drops

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Recipe

 

Yield

18 cookies

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Ready

45 min
Trans-fat Free, Good source of fiber

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
½ cup vegetable shortening
butter flavor
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1 package cream cheese
(3 oz) softened
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1 tablespoon milk
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¼ cup brown sugar
firmly packed
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½ cup apricot preserves (jam)
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1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
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1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
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1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
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¼ teaspoon salt
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½ cup pecans
coarsely chopped or flaked coconut
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Frosting
1 cup powdered sugar
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¼ cup apricot preserves (jam)
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1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
butter flavor
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1 x pecans
finely chopped or flake coconut (optional)
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
118 ml vegetable shortening
butter flavor
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1 package cream cheese
(3 oz) softened
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15 ml milk
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59 ml brown sugar
firmly packed
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118 ml apricot preserves (jam)
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296 ml all-purpose flour
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7.5 ml baking powder
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7.5 ml cinnamon
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1.3 ml salt
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118 ml pecans
coarsely chopped or flaked coconut
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Frosting
237 ml powdered sugar
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59 ml apricot preserves (jam)
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15 ml vegetable shortening
butter flavor
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1 x pecans
finely chopped or flake coconut (optional)
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Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco. Set aside.

  2. Cream ½ 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 ½ cup preserves.

  3. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Stir in ½ 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℉ (180℃) for 14 minutes. Cool on baking sheet one minute. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.

  5. For Frosting: Combine confectioners sugar, ¼ 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.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 113g (4.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 45741% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 6g 32%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 24mg 8%
Sodium 214mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 21g 21%
Dietary Fiber 3g 11%
Sugars g
Protein 14g
Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 8% Iron 15%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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