Nana's cream cheese coconut cookies
On the recipe page of her mother's cream cheese cookie recipe, Merrill Stubbs explained the recipe was given out at a Tupperware party and asked, "Who knows how many subtle variations of this recipe exist today, legendary among countless other families?" [see https://food52.com/recipes/14625-cream-cheese-cookies]. Well, let me offer up a crowd-pleasing variation of the cream cheese cookie, found in my nana's handwriting in one of her recipe boxes. This version has toasted coconut, and quite a bit more dairy. These cookies can be made with or without walnuts (I usually do without). I have successfully halved or, at the very least, subtracted 4 tablespoons of butter from the delectably indulgent 1 cup with good results — though my partner prefers the full fat original version. It's also likely you can get away with using a scant cup of sugar. I have been told not to come to holiday parties unless I brought these with me — people will gobble them up!
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