Drop Cookies
Christmas Cookies

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup apricot preserves
• Frosting (recipe follows)
• Pecan halves

Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium mixing bowl; cut in butter and cream cheese with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add coconut and preserves, mixing well.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 15 to 18 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely on wire racks. Spread each cookie with frosting, and top with a pecan half.

Yield: about 3 dozen.

Frosting:

• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup apricot preserves

Combine all ingredients; beat until well blended.

Yield: frosting for about 3 dozen cookies.

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