A Life of Simple JoyReducing stress, increasing joy one post at a time!

•    ½ lb butter
•    2 tablespoons granulated sugar
•    2 small packages cream cheese
•    2 cups flour
•    2 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat oven 350. Mix ingredients together. Roll out on floured surface. Cut with a glass (yes, a drinking glass.) Put a spoonful of apricot jam in the center of cookie. Bake 20 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cooled.

•    1 cup butter
•    1/2 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar
•    1/2 teaspoon salt
•    1 tablespoon water
•    1 teaspoon vanilla
•    2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
•    1 cup rolled oats
•    red or green candied cherries
•    2 cups flaked coconut

Cream butter with sugar, salt, water and vanilla. Add flour and beat until blended. Stir in oats. Shape dough around cherries (whole cherries) into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Place on un-greased baking sheet. Bake in 350 oven 18-20 minutes. cool on racks. Dip cooled cookies into frosting, then roll in coconut. Let dry on rack.

Frosting

•    2 cups confectioners sugar
•    1/4 cup milk
•    few drops green food coloring
•    Few drops mint extract

Combine sugar, milk, food coloring and extract. Beat until smooth. Mixture will be thin.