Apricot Strudel

a family favorite

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine
• 8  ounces cream cheese
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 18  ounces  apricot preserves
• 1  cup  shredded coconut
• 1  cup  chopped  nuts (I prefer pecans)

Directions

1. Cream the flour, butter, and cream cheese into a ball and chill it.
2. Divide dough into 4 parts.
3. Roll each into a rectangle.
4. Spread mixture of apricot preserves, shredded coconut, and chopped nuts.
5. Roll up as a jellyroll.
6. Put on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
7. cool and slice.