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PECAN NUT CUP COOKIES

11/4/2024

INGREDIENTS

COOKIE DOUGH
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp of almond extract
1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
1 3oz cream cheese
INGREDIENTS
FILLING
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix cream cheese, butter and flour and mix all ingredients with hands.

Shape one teaspoon of the mixture into ungreased cups of mini-muffin cup pan and bake for 7-10 minutes.

Remove from oven, cool and sprinkle a little confectioners sugar and serve. The cookies can be placed in a cookie tin for up to two weeks. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Enjoy!

—Submitted by Josephine Bivona