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Apricot Cookies

From Diana Rattray,
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Apricot cookie or sticks recipe with apricot jam or preserves.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups apricot jam
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • powdered sugar, sifted

PREPARATION:

Cream butter and shortening with 1/2 cup granulated sugar and lemon peel. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour with salt and baking soda and add to creamed mixture. Spread dough into a buttered 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Cover with apricot jam.

Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually beat in the 1/4 cup of sugar. Fold in chopped pecans or walnuts. Spread meringue mixture over the jam layer. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Cool then cut into sticks. Roll cooled cookies in sifted powdered sugar. Makes about 4 dozen apricot cookies.

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