Cream Cheese Dainties
photo by Aunty Peach
- Ready In:
- 1hr 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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48 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup margarine
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups crisp rice cereal, slightly crushed
- candied cherry
directions
- Cream together margarine, cream cheese, sugar and almond extract till light.
- Mix together dry ingredients and add to margarine mixture.
- Chill 1-2 hours.
- Shape into balls.
- Roll in cereal and place on ungreased baking sheet.
- Top each with a cherry.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Cool on racks.
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Reviews
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I didn't have any rice krispies, so I rolled them in crushed up corn flakes instead. It worked fine, with a nice crusty outside. I doubled the batch to make sure I had enough (and I used a whole 8 oz brick of cream cheese)...the double batch made 53 cookies...i guess i made them big...? They are delicious like little cherry cheese cake cookies. I quartered my maraschino cherries and added them on top for colour (instead of a whole cherry). I would make these again!
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These were quite good and I will probably make them again. They will look nice on Christmas trays. I used Special K cereal which I crushed a little in the food processor. It made a nice crispy coating on the cookies. I cooked 12 minutes and they were getting a little brown on the bottom so be careful.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Whisper
Macedon, NY
I live near Rochester NY with my husband and our 18-year-old cat, Fluffy. It's actually Fluffy's house, but he allows us to live here as long as we pamper him and feed him generously. Our daughter, Kree, whom some of you know from Zaar, is also living with us again while she begins a new business venture in real estate. She's the one who got me hooked on Zaar and taught me to try new recipes rather than stay in the cooking rut I was in.
In my free time I like to take long rides or sit by the water, both of which I find very relaxing. I also like to do counted cross-stitch and read. I dabble in photography, always looking for that elusive 'perfect' shot. I did more cooking before I started working full-time, and plan to again when I retire (still years away, but dreaming).