Italian Creme Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup butter, softened
    1/2 cup shortening
    1/3 cup butter, softened for frosting
    1/4 cup granulated sugar
    3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
    12 ounces powdered sugar (3/4 boxe)
    2 eggs
    2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 teaspoons vanilla
    1 (1 ounce) box of vanilla pudding
    2 cups flaked coconut
    1 1/2 cups pecans, pieces
    6 ounces cream cheese, softened
    1/8 cup milk
Preparation
    Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
    Cream 2 sticks of butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pudding mix, and 1 tsp vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in flour and baking soda. Dough will be thick, knead in coconut and 1 cup of pecans.
    roll dough into 1 inch balls and flatten slightly then place on a greased cookie sheet 2 inches aparthes apart.
    bake 10 minutes or until golden brown.
    In a large mixing bowl combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, 1/3 stick of butter 1 tsp vanilla and 1/2 cup of pecans and just enough of the milk to make it spreadable.
    frost cooled cookies with cream cheese frosting.

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