Frosted apricot cookies

42 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Butter or margarine; softened
3 ounces Cream cheese; softened
1¼ cup All-purpose flour
¼ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking powder
½ cup Apricot preserves
½ cup Chopped pecans
1 cup Sifted confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine; softened
¼ cup Apricot preserves

Directions

APRICOT FROSTING

Combine butter and cream cheese, beating until smooth. Combine flour, sugar and baking powder; stir into creamed mixture. Add the apricot preserves and chopped pecans, mixing well. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 F. for 12-15 minutes. Cool slightly on wire racks. Frost with Apricot Frosting while warm. Yield: 3½ dozen cookies.

Apricot Frosting: Combine all ingredients, and beat until smooth. Yield about ½ cup. Recipe submitted to magazine by Irene Haverland, Deepwater, Missouri MC formatting by bobbi744@...

Recipe by: Southern Living, September, 1981, p. 196 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Apr 27, 1998

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