Coconut Cream Cheese Drop Cookies

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup toasted coconut
• pecan halves or halved candied cherry

Recipe

• 1 cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, and vanilla.
• 2 add egg and milk; beat well.
• 3 stir in the flour and toasted coconut.
• 4 drop cookie batter from teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet then press a pecan half or cherry half into the top of each.
• 5 bake at 325° for 18 to 20 minutes.
• 6 remove cookies to a rack to cool.
• 7 makes about 5 dozen cookies.
• 8 *totoast coconut in the oven, spread coconut on a baking sheet in a single layer.
• 9 bake at 325°, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes.