Memorial Day Recipes

Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints

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Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints

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Apricots add a sweet touch to these cookies.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 C. butter or margarine
  • 1 1/2 C. white sugar
  • 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbs. lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 tsp. lemon zest
  • 4 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 C. apricot preserves
  • 1/3 C. confectioners' sugar for decoration

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter or margarine, sugar, and softened cream cheese and mix until blended.  Blend in eggs, lemon juice and lemon zest. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well. Chill until dough is stiff. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly.  Indent centers and fill with preserves. Bake for 15 minutes.  When the cookies have cooled, sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.

Makes 7 dozen cookies.

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Reviews (1)

  • I've tried a lot of cookies. These were among the best. I found I could mole the dough into any shape I wanted & they baked up beautifully.

    Flag as inappropriate KaysKafe  |  December 17, 2008

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