Cooking Recipe Christmas Angel Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 c Shortening

1/2 c Cream cheese, softened

1 c Light brown sugar,*

1/2 c Granulated sugar

2 Eggs

3 c Flour

1/2 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

1 tb Vanilla

2 c Candied fruit, mixed

2 c Broken pecans or almonds

Directions

* firmly packed

The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the
fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor. Nice for using the candied
fruits that didn't make it into the fruit cake.

Preheat oven to 350ø.

In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream cheese until smooth and
fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a seperate bowl, sift
flour, baking soda and salt together.

Add flour mixture to egg and sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well.
Add candied fruit and nuts.

Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake
at 350ø for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will be just browned at
the edges.

Hint: You may have to mix candied fruit and nuts in with your hands; a
little shortening on your fingers will keep the mixture from sticking.

Randy Shearer