Vacuum Cleaner Cookies - Neiman-Marcus Squares
A vintage clipped recipe for Vacuum Cleaner Cookies made with margarine, yellow cake mix, eggs, cream cheese, powdered sugar, coconut, and walnuts or pecans.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup margarine not butter, melted
- 1 box yellow cake mix 18.25-ounce
- 3 eggs
- 1 package cream cheese, softened 8-ounce
- 1 box powdered sugar 1-pound
- 1/2 cup flaked coconuts
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Method
- Combine margarine, cake mix, and 1 egg.
- Stir together until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Pat mixture into bottom of a well-greased 15×10-inch jellyroll pan.
- Beat remaining 2 eggs lightly, then beat in cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Stir in coconut and nuts.
- Pour over mixture in a jellyroll pan, spreading evenly.
- Bake at 325-degrees 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool pan on wire rack to room temperature.
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Notes
Makes 4 dozen bars.