Cookie Recipes
Cherry Pecan Nuggets
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 3 ounces soft cream cheese
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- Maraschino cherries, cut in half
Instructions
- Cream shortening and cream cheese together. Add sugar, egg and almond extract.
- Sift dry ingredients together and stir into creamed mixture. Chill dough.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Form dough into 1 inch balls. Dip balls into nuts. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press a cherry half into the center of each cookie.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.