Coconut Cream Cheese Drop Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup toasted coconut
- pecan halves or halved candied cherry
- 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 325u0b0 for 18 to 20 minutes.
- Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
- Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
- *Totoast coconut in the oven, spread coconut on a baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake at 325u0b0, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, vanilla, egg, milk, flour, toasted coconut, pecan
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/coconut-cream-cheese-drop-cookies-78119 (may not work)