Cookie Recipes




Shaped Cookie Recipes

Cream Cheese Balls

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup coconut
15 maraschino cherries, finely chopped
1 (14 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs

Coating:
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

Beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar together. Mix in coconut and cherries. Stir in pineapple and crumbs. Chill for 30 minutes, then shape into 1-inch balls.

Coating: Melt butter in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar and crumbs. Roll cookies in this mixture. Refrigerate.

Makes about 5 dozen.