Kentucky Cream Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
6 c. confectioners sugar
finely chopped coconut

Preparation

Put cream cheese in mixer bowl 30 minutes to soften.
Add salt and vanilla.
Add 2 cups sugar; beat.
Add 2 more cups of sugar; beat.
Add remaining sugar and beat well.
Cover and chill in refrigerator until firm.
Shape into small balls and roll in coconut.
Store in a foil-lined metal box in refrigerator.