Title: Christmas Angel Cookies
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 1 Servings

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

* 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.

Yield: 3 dozen. Irene Holloway, Chevy Chase, MD

Randy Shearer

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