Mountain Cookies

Cookie Ingredients: 1 cup of butter, softened

1 cup of icing sugar 2 tsp. vanilla 2 cups of flour Y tsp. salt Filling Ingredients: 8 oz cream cheese 1 cup of icing sugar 2 tbsp flour 1 tsp vanilla 2 cup chopped pecans % cup flaked coconut Cookie Instructions:

Beat butter and icing sugar and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to cream cheese mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls on ungreased pan. Make deep indentation in center; Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. Remove to wire rack and cool.

Cookie Filling: Beat creamed cheese, sugar and vanilla together, add pecans and coconut. Mix well; Spoon % tsp into each indentation in cookie.

Topping: Melt % cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 tbsp. butter, 2 tbsp. water and 4 cup icing sugar. Heat in saucepan and drizzle over cookie filling.

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