Busters Recipes

Prickly Pear Cookies

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup prickly pear juice
1/4 cup prickly pear fruit peeled, seeded and diced
1/4 cup maraschino cherries
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Cream butter and sugar. Blend in sour cream, egg and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and blend in sour cream mixture. Add prickly pear juice, fruit, cherries and nuts. Drop from teaspoon onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Makes 2-1/2 dozen cookies.