Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup flour
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 1/2 cup apricot jam
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 cup dried cherries

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor or electric mixer, combine the flour, cream cheese, and butter.
• 2 with your hands, gather the dough into a ball, flatten it, and wrap in plastic wrap.
• 3 refrigerate for at least 1 hour or up to 24 hours.
• 4 preheat oven to 375-degrees f. butter a baking sheet.
• 5 divide the dough into 2 equal pieces.
• 6 roll each piece out on a floured surface to a 12x8-inch rectangle.
• 7 spread each with 1/4 cup of the jam.
• 8 top each with 1/2 cup coconut and 1/2 cup cherries.
• 9 starting at the longer end, roll each up jelly-roll style. seal the seam with your fingers.
• 10 cut each roll into 12 slices.
• 11 place cookies on prepared sheet.
• 12 slightly flatten each cookie so they are of even thickness.
• 13 bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. cool on a wire rack.