RCI-BR.005.0239.001

Christmas Angel Cookies

Name: Christmas Angel Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: North American
Ingredients: ½ cup shortening; ½ cup cream cheese (softened); 1 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed the cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture (while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor)); ½ cup granulated sugar; 2 unit eggs; 3 cups flour; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp vanilla; 2 cups candied fruit (mixed); 2 cups broken pecans or almonds

Nice for using the candied fruits that didn't make it into the fruit cake. * Yield: 3 dozen

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

shortening
½ cup
cream cheese
softened
½ cup
light brown sugar (firmly packed the cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture
while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor)
1 cup
granulated sugar
½ cup
eggs
2 unit
flour
3 cups
baking soda
½ tsp
salt
½ tsp
vanilla
1 tbsp
candied fruit
mixed
2 cups
broken pecans or almonds
2 cups

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Christmas Angel Cookies

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