Apricot Cream Cheese Drops

By AnnaMaria507

Ingredients

• Cookies
• 1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco
• 1 pkg. (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1 tbsp mik
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves
• 1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup coarsely choppped pecans or flake coconut
• Frosting
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves
• 1 tbsp butter flavor Crisco
• finely chopped pecans or flake coconut

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

1. Cookies: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease baking sheet with butter flavor Crisco. Set aside.
2. 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.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix into creamed mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts. Drop 2 level measuring spoonfuls of dough into mound to form each cookie. Place 2" apart on baking sheet.
4. Bake for 14 minutes. cool on baking sheet one minute. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
5. Frosting: Combine confectioner's sugar, 1/4 cup preserves and 1 tbsp 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.