Jelly Bean Nest Cookies

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• Jelly beans
• Flaked coconut (tinted green)

Instructions

1. Beat together butter and cream cheese.
2. Add sugar, egg, vanilla extract, coconut and almond extracts. Mix well.
3. In a separate bowl sift together the flour and the baking powder. Add flour mixture to the creamed ingredients gradually, beating well after each addition.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes. Cookies will not brown on top and will remain a creamy white color.
5. Remove from oven and immediately scoop the top out of each cookie.
6. Fill the top of each cookie with tinted coconut to make a nest, (to tint place coconut in a plastic bag with several drops of green food color and shake to coat) and place 3 jelly beans on top.