Strudel Cookie

By ezunich

Ingredients

• 2 (8 oz pkgs) cream cheese
• 1 lb butter
• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups walnuts finely chopped
• 1/2 cup cinnamon sugar
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 large jar apricot or peach preserves

Preparation

Step 1

Blend cream cheese, shortening and four cups of flour with pastry blender. Divide into 8 balls and refrigerate dough until firm enough to roll out.
Roll out each ball into a rectangle as long as a cookie sheets, about 1/8 inch thick. Spread preserves on dough; sprinkle generously with nuts, cinnamon sugar and coconut. Roll up tight like a nut roll, place on a cookie sheet - 4 per sheets. Bake for 1 hour at 325°. Cool for 10 minutes hen slice 3/4 inch to 1 inch thick slices. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.