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     Title: Cream Cheese Cookies
Categories: Polkadot, Faylen, Cookies
     Yield: 4 Servings

     8 oz Cream cheese
   1/2 lb Butter, softened
     2 c  Flour
    16 oz Preserves
   1/4 c  Sugar
     2 tb Nuts, ground
     1    Egg white
     1 ts Water

 Blend butter and cheese.  Beat in flour.  Chill overnight.

 Drain preserves as much as possible, leaving fruit pieces.

 Roll pastry thin on floured baking sheet.  Cut in 2-inch rounds.
 (Save scraps, form into ball, chill and reroll.)  Put a dab of
 preserves on each round.  Fold into crescent, seal edges tight, brush
 top with egg white mixed with water, and dip tops in nuts mixed with
 sugar.  Place close together on ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 325
 degrees until just starting to brown, about 15 minutes.  Watch
 carefully, they burn easily.  Remove immediately, cool on racks, and
 pack airtight.  These freeze beautifully but last only a few days at
 room temperature.

 Recipe By:     Marge Clark

 Notes:     Pastry also works well as liner for mini-muffin tins or for
 savory turnovers.

 Per serving: 4746 Calories; 277g Fat (51% calories from fat); 55g
 Protein; 543g Carbohydrate; 746mg Cholesterol; 2790mg Sodium

 The Chef's Comments:
 "As I recall, the cooking time on these is a bit short.  Keep an eye
 on them.  Last christmas, I used the almond filling in these and
 dipped them in sugar (red and green, of course!) and they were
 fabulous." - Faylen

 From: Faylen
 Date: 11-03-96 (15:52)
 The Polka Dot Cottage, a BBS with a taste of home.  1-973-822-3627.

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