Easy Cream Cheese Cookies

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening butter flavor
• 1 pk cream cheese softened (3 ounce package)
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour, all-purpose
• 1/2 cup pecans chopped

1. Heat oven to 375F (190C).
2. Cream crisco, cream cheese and milk in medium bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
3. Beat in sugar and vanilla.
4. Mix in flour.
5. Stir in nuts.
6. Drop level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet.
7. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes.
8. Remove to cooling rack.
9. Makes 3 dozen 2 inch cookies.
10. Lemon or Orange Variation: Add 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon or orange peel to dough.

vegetable shortening butter flavor, cream cheese, milk, sugar, vanilla, flour, pecans

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/easy-cream-cheese-cookies-617 (may not work)