Christmas Angel Cookies

Ingredients

 * 1/2 	cup  	shortening
 * 1/2 	cup 	cream cheese, softened
 * 1 	cup 	light brown sugar (firmly packed the cream cheese gives these cookies a smooth texture, while the fruits sparkle and sweeten the flavor)
 * 1/2 	cup 	granulated sugar
 * 2 		eggs
 * 3 	cup 	flour
 * 1/2 	tsp 	baking soda
 * 1/2 	tsp 	salt
 * 1 	tbsp 	vanilla
 * 2 	cup 	candied fruit, mixed
 * 2 	cup 	Broken pecans or almonds

Directions
Nice for using the candied fruits that didn"t make it into the fruit cake. Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl, cream shortening and cream cheese until smooth and fluffy. Add sugars and eggs, mixing well. In a seperate bowl, sift flour, baking soda and salt together. Add flour mixture to egg and Sugar mixture; add vanilla. Mix well. Add candied fruit and nuts. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto lightly oiled cookie sheet and bake at 350¦ for about 10-12 minutes. The cookies will be just browned at the edges.
 * Hint: you may have to mix candied fruit and nuts in with your hands; a little shortening on your fingers will keep the mixture from sticking.
 * Yield: 3 dozen.