Apricot Cream Cheese Drops

Name: Apricot Cream Cheese Drops
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: vegetable shortening; cream cheese; milk; brown sugar; apricot preserves (jam); flour; baking powder; cinnamon; salt; pecans; powdered sugar; apricot preserves (jam); vegetable shortening; pecans

Submitted by rowdy

YIELD

18 cookies

PREP

30 min

COOK

15 min

READY

45 min

Ingredients

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING
butter flavor *

PACKAGE CREAM CHEESE
(3 oz) softened

TABLESPOON MILK

CUP BROWN SUGAR
firmly packed *

CUP APRICOT PRESERVES (JAM) *

1 ¼

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

1 ½

TEASPOONS BAKING POWDER

1 ½

TEASPOONS CINNAMON

TEASPOON SALT

CUP PECANS
coarsely chopped or flaked coconut

Frosting

CUP POWDERED SUGAR

CUP APRICOT PRESERVES (JAM) *

TABLESPOON VEGETABLE SHORTENING
butter flavor

X PECANS
finely chopped or flake coconut (optional) *

Directions

Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco. Set aside.
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.
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.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 14 minutes. Cool on baking sheet one minute. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
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.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

Nutrition Facts

113g

Amount per Serving

Calories 457 41% of calories 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%