From the kitchen of Sandy Hayden
1/4 cup margarine (1/2 stick), softened
3 3 oz. packages cream cheese (I use one 8 oz.)
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange peel (I use fresh)
1 box orange (or lemon) cake mix
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nut meats (walnuts)
3 tablespoon dried basil
Mix together margarine, cheese, yolk, juice.
Add dry cake mix.
Stir in raisins, nuts, peel and basil.
Chill dough. (I do not chill dough).
Form into balls the size of a walnut. Yes dough is sticky. The following was not in the original recipe. I roll the sticky balls in granulated sugar so the fork doesn’t stick.
Place on buttered cookie sheet. Flatten each ball with a fork.
Bake at 350 degrees for fifteen minutes. Leave on cookie sheet briefly when they come out of oven.
Note: Since some people are allergic to nuts I leave them out when taking to a group function. For a bake sale, put in nuts, but label.
