Title: Christmas angel cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Shortening
    1/2 c  Cream cheese, softened
      1 c  Light brown sugar,*
    1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      2    Eggs
      3 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 tb Vanilla
      2 c  Candied fruit, mixed
      2 c  Broken pecans or almonds
 
  * firmly packed
  
   The cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the
  fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor. Nice for using the candied
  fruits that didn't make it into the fruit cake.
  
   Preheat oven to 350ø.
  
   In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream cheese until smooth and
  fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a seperate bowl, sift
  flour, baking soda and salt together.
  
   Add flour mixture to egg and sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well.
  Add candied fruit and nuts.
  
   Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake
  at 350ø for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will be just browned at
  the edges.
  
  Hint: You may have to mix candied fruit and nuts in with your hands; a
  little shortening on your fingers will keep the mixture from sticking.
  
  Yield: 3 dozen. Irene Holloway, Chevy Chase, MD
  
     Randy Shearer