Vacuum cleaner cookies
48 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Margarine (not butter); melted |
| 1 | Box (18.25-oz) yellow cake mix | |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1 | pack | (8-oz) cream cheese; softened |
| 1 | Box (1-lb) powdered sugar | |
| ½ | cup | Flaked coconut |
| ½ | cup | Chopped walnuts or pecans |
Directions
Combine margarine, cake mix and 1 egg. Stir together until dry ingredients are moistened. Pat mixture into bottom of well-greased 15x10-inch jellyroll pan.
Beat remaining 2 eggs lightly, then beat in cream cheese and powdered sugar. Stir in coconut and nuts. Pour over mixture in pan, spreading evenly.
Bake at 325 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool pan on wire rack to room temperature. Makes 4 dozen bars.
NOTE: Use plain cake mix, not that with pudding added. DO NOT use whipped margarine.
FROM NEWSPAPER
From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .