#5 & And Nieman Bars!
I find it amazing that my family and I can eat so many desserts in such short periods of time. If the dessert is really good - it will be gone in a couple hours. But, there are "8" of us to eat it all. And, we of course eat healthy & delicious meals to balance it all off. I absolutely love a good meal along with a delicious dessert. Doesn't everyone?! Can you believe Election Day is 2 days away??!! "Jeweled Coconut Drops" Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter, softened 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup sugar 1 egg yolk 2 teaspoons orange juice 1 teaspoon almond extract 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3-3/4 cups flaked coconut, divided 1 cup seedless raspberry preserves, warmed DIRECTIONS: In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk, orange juice and almond extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in 3 cups of coconut. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until easy to handle. Shape dough into 2-in. balls; roll in remaining coconut. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each ball. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Fill each cookie with preserves. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen. This is a dessert I got the recipe from a friend, man is it good!
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