SANTA'S WHISKERS (recipe) Susie

[Guest guest]

I saw this recipe and almost made them but then I thought, No Donna! You will

eat way too many. OK now that it's tried and true I shall do them with the

cherry craisins. I love those things! I bought a one pound bag of dried

cranberries to make my cookies and have 3/4 th of the bag gone, and no cookies

made........LOL

Donna

 

" artichoke72x " <artichoke72x wrote:

my holiday baking has begun. i made these today and

they look festive. i got the recipe off

www.landolakes.com. these cookies ended up being kind

of expensive after buying the candied cherries (red

and green) and the pecans. they taste good, but are

very very sweet. you can cut the amount of coconut in

half and even that won't stick to the cookies.

 

SANTA'S WHISKERS

 

This slice and bake cookie filled with cherries and

pecans is rolled in coconut. The cookie's name has

been passed down through generations of bakers.

 

Preparation 40 min.

Baking 10 min.

 

1 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups red and/or green candied cherries, chopped

 

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

3 cups sweetened flaked coconut

 

Combine butter, sugar, powdered sugar, egg and vanilla

in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl

often, until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add 2 1/4

cups flour. Continue beating until well mixed.

 

Combine cherries and 1 tablespoon flour in small bowl;

toss to coat. Stir cherry mixture and pecans into

dough by hand.

 

Shape dough into 3 (10x1 1/2-inch) logs on plastic

food wrap. Roll each in 1 cup coconut. Wrap tightly.

Refrigerate until firm (1 hour or overnight).

 

Heat oven to 350°F. Cut logs into 1/4-inch slices with

sharp knife. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie

sheets. Bake for 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are

very lightly browned..

 

Yield: 8 dozen cookies