apricot pillow cookies

How To Make apricot pillow cookies

• 1

  Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and cream cheese with electric mixer. Sift flour and salt together, and stir in lemon zest. With a wooden spoon, blend in flour. When well blended, dough will be sticky. Form dough into a ball and chill for 30 minutes in fridge.
• 2

  Cut dough into 3 pieces and turn out onto floured surface. Roll each piece to 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick, cut into 3 inch squares. Put 1 tsp. preserves into center of each square. Brush edges of squares with egg whites, which have been beaten into a slight foam. Fold dough corners to center, covering preserves, and squeeze seams together. Brush with egg whites, and sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.
• 3

  On an ungreased cookie sheet, place pillows an inch apart. Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 4

  Use care and do not overfill dough. Cool on rack. This is a melt in your mouth cookie.
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