Christmas Angel Cookies

Recipes Ingredients:

1/2 c Shortening
1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Cream cheese, softened
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Light brown sugar,*
1 tb Vanilla
1/2 c Granulated sugar
2 c Candied fruit, mixed
2 Eggs
2 c Broken pecans or almonds
3 c Flour

Recipe Instructions:

* firmly packed The cream Cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor. Nice for using the candied fruits that didn't make it into the Fruit cake. Preheat Oven to 350ø. In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream Cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a seperate bowl, sift flour, Baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture to Egg and Sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well. Add candied Fruit and nuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled Cookie sheet and bake at 350ø for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will be just browned at the edges. Hint: You may have to mix candied Fruit and nuts in with your hands; a little shortening on your fingers will keep the mixture from sticking. Yield: 3 dozen. Irene Holloway, Chevy Chase, MD Randy Shearer