Angel Pillows

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Title: Angel Pillows
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 18 servings

1/2 c Shortening; butter flavored
3 oz Cream cheese; softened
1 tb Milk
1/4 c Brown sugar, packed
1/2 c Apricot preserves
1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Pecans; coarsely chopped
=or coconut flakes
Frosting:
1 c Powdered sugar
1/4 c Apricot preserves
1 tb Shortening; butter flavored
Coconut flakes; optional
=or finely chopped pecans

Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease cookie sheets with butter flavored
shortening. Cream the shortening, cream cheese and milk with an electric
mixer on medium speed until well blended. Beat in the brown sugar. Beat in
the preserves. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix
into the creamed mixture. Stir in the nuts. Drop 2 level tablespoons of
dough into a mound to form each cookie. Place 2 inches apart on the cookie
sheets. Bake for 14 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheets for 1 minute;
remove to wire racks to cool completely before frosting. For the frosting,
combine the powdered sugar, preserves and shortening in a small bowl. Beat
with an electric mixer until well blended. Frost the cooled cookies;
sprinkle with coconut, if desired. Penny Halsey (ATBN65B). Variation: Try
peach or pineapple preserves in place of apricot.

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