Pineapple Cherry Nut Cookies

From Home Cooking Magazine

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 36-42 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2  large eggs
• 1 (18 1/4ounce) box  pineapple cake mix
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped walnuts
• 3⁄4 cup  chopped  candied red cherries
• 1  cup flaked coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375*.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine butter and cream cheese. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat until creamy. Add eggs; beat 2 minutes scraping bowl after 1 minute. Add cake mix. Reduce mixer speed to low; beat until well combined. Fold in walnuts, cherries and coconut.
3. On an ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by rounded tablespoons 2 inches apart. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Cool on pan 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.