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Mountain Cookies II
Debbie Rowe
"A delicious butter cookie with a creamy coconut filling."
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Ingredients
servings 219 calsOriginal recipe yields 24 servings (4 dozen)
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Directions
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- To Make Dough: In a mixing bowl, cream 1 cup butter, 1 cup confectioner's sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Combine 2 cups flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
- Shape into 1 inch balls; place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the edges just start to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- To Make Filling: Beat cream cheese, 1 cup confectioner's sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add pecans and coconut; mix well.
- Spoon 1/2 teaspoon of the filling into each cookie.
- To Make Topping: Heat chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons butter or margarine and water in a small saucepan until melted. Stir in 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar. Drizzle over cookies.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 219 calories; 13.1 g fat; 24.4 g carbohydrates; 1.9 g protein; 27 mg cholesterol; 125 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
12/13/2000
These cookies were very rich and very good. They taste best after being refrigerated. Very fancy looking too. I plan to make these for Christmas presents. I think that next time, I will decr...
Most helpful critical review
12/18/2003
The butter cookie, which is the base of this cookie, is terrible. Nobody liked it. I rated this 2 stars because the filling is very good and the cookies are beautiful. But the recipe did not com...
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12/13/2000
These cookies were very rich and very good. They taste best after being refrigerated. Very fancy looking too. I plan to make these for Christmas presents. I think that next time, I will decr...
12/10/2009
Very rich, very tasty and rather finicky to make but completely worth it for the annual Christmas baking. A tip - be sure to make the butter cookies small, if you don't get 4 dozen they're too b...
12/23/2006
These cookies were the crowning achievement in my Christmas cookie tray this year -- worked beautifully!
11/23/2005
Everyone loves this recipe. My friend requests it for her birthday every year.
12/18/2003
The butter cookie, which is the base of this cookie, is terrible. Nobody liked it. I rated this 2 stars because the filling is very good and the cookies are beautiful. But the recipe did not com...
11/14/2000
Yummy, different, great for Christmas! Since my husband doesn't like nuts, I just doubled the coconut and they turned out great!
11/13/2010
This are delicious cookies. The recipe didn't make 4 dozen; I only got about 16 cookies. The first batch I had a hard time getting the dough to roll. It seemed to need something more (butter, wa...