Apricot Cream Cheese Drops

• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening butter flavor
• 1 package cream cheese (3 oz) softened
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves (jam)
• 1 1/4 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped or flaked coconut
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves (jam)
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening butter flavor
• 1 x pecans finely chopped or flake coconut (optional)

1. Heat oven to 350F (180C).
2. Grease baking sheet with Butter Flavor Crisco.
3. Set aside.
4. Cream 1/2 cup Butter Flavor Crisco, cream cheese and milk in medium bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
5. Beat in brown sugar.
6. Beat in 1/2 cup preserves.
7. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
8. Mix into creamed mixture.
9. Stir in 1/2 cup nuts.
10. Drop 2 level measuring tablespoonfuls of dough into a mound to form each cookie.
11. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
12. Bake at 350F (180C) for 14 minutes.
13. Cool on baking sheet one minute.
14. Remove to cooling rack.
15. Cool completely before frosting.
16. For Frosting: Combine confectioners sugar, 1/4 cup preserves and 1 tablespoon Butter Flavor Crisco in small mixing bowl.
17. Beat with electric mixer until well blended.
18. Frost cooled cookies.
19. Sprinkle finely chopped pecans over frosting, if desired.

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Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/apricot-cream-cheese-drops-3302 (may not work)