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Cream Cheese Delights Recipe

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Perfect for entertaining, these cookies are light as air yet easy to make.—Agnes Golian, Garfield Heights, Ohio

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Cream Cheese Delights Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
Halved maraschino cherries or candied cherries

Directions

In a small bowl, cream the shortening, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Top each with a cherry half. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing to wire racks. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 87 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 13 mg cholesterol, 109 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Cream Cheese Delights in Quick Cooking November/December 2004, p11

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Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by caralynn1

These are so yummy! I have made them the last 3 Christmases. I top them with candied cherries. This recipe doesn't yield a large batch so I double the recipe. It turns out fine to use 1 whole egg when doubling rather than 2 egg yolks. Yum! Mine are baking right now, can't wait to get a taste!