Enjoy these delicious cookies topped with dried apricots – perfect for a dessert.
Apricot Butter Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 20 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Servings 48
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup finely chopped dried apricots
Frosting and Garnish
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 cup apricot preserves
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 medium dried apricots, cut into 48 strips
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheet). In medium bowl, beat 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in flour until well blended. Stir in finely chopped apricots.
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Step2Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls 2 inches apart.
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Step3Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4In small bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter and the apricot preserves with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in 1 cup powdered sugar until well blended. Spread frosting over cookies. Top each cookie with apricot strip.
Nutrition
80
Calories
5g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 45
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 35mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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