Sugary Dried Apricot Cookies

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Christmas, North American

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 35

Servings: cookies

Calories: 137kcal

Author: Lord Byron's Kitchen

Sugary Dried Apricot Cookies are prepared with a mild and lightly sweetened cookie dough so that the flavour of the dried apricot is at the forefront. Sprinkled with a glistening sugary topping, these simple cookies are so flavourful and quite pretty too! The texture of the apricot and the soft crumble of the cookie is a perfect pairing.

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all purpose flour
28 whole dried apricots
1 large egg
1/2 cup sanding sugar

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, beat together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Next, add in the egg yolks and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.
Add the flour and mix into the butter mixture until just combined. Don't over mix.
Portion into slightly heaping tablespoons and into balls and set them on the prepared baking sheet.
Push a single dried apricot into the center of the cookie.
Whisk the remaining whole egg with 1 tablespoon of water. Use a pastry brush to lightly brush the cookie and apricot with the egg mixture.
Generously sprinkle the top of each cookie with the coarse sanding sugar.
Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookie to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Once cooled, transfer the cookies to a food-safe container and store at room temperature.

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