Coconut Cream Cheese Drop Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup toasted coconut
pecan halves or halved candied cherry

Preparation

Cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugar, salt, and vanilla.
Add egg and milk; beat well.
Stir in the flour and toasted coconut.
Drop cookie batter from teaspoons onto ungreased baking sheet then press a pecan half or cherry half into the top of each.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 18 to 20 minutes.
Remove cookies to a rack to cool.
Makes about 5 dozen cookies.
*Totoast coconut in the oven, spread coconut on a baking sheet in a single layer.
Bake at 325\u00b0, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes.