Holiday teatime treats

48 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 packs Cream cheese, softened
1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
½ cup Sugar
2 Eggs
¼ cup All-purpose flour
2 tablespoons Sugar
2 cups All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 can SOLO Apricot fruit filling
½ cup Chopped nuts (opt)

Directions

FILLING

Preheat oven to 350'F. Beat cream cheese, butter and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in 2 cups flour to make soft dough. Divide dough in half. Shape each piece of dough into about 24 (1") balls. Press balls into bottom and up side of ungreased miniature (1¾") muffin cups. Set aside.

TO MAKE FILLING, beat ½ cup sugar, eggs, ¼ cup flour, vanilla and apricot filling in medium bowl with electric mixer until blended.

Stir in nuts. Spoon evenly into pastry-lined muffin cups. Bake 25-30 minutes or until filling is set and crust is golden. Cool completely in muffin cups on wire racks.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

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