Making Empire Apricot Cookies
Empire Apricot Cookies + beer = Happy Fathers Day!
This is an easy and no fuss recipe with simple ingredients.
Enjoy and share the best homemade cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, unsalted
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 whole egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 +1/2+ 1/8 cups flour (AP)
- Apricot jam
- Icing
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
- 3 TBSP warm water
- 1/2 TBSP almond extract
Instructions
Line baking trays with parchment paper.
Set aside.
Beat 1 cup butter and 3/4 cup icing sugar until smooth. (about 2 minutes)
Add egg yolks,whole egg and vanilla extract and mix for about 1 minute.
Add sifted flour and stir until blended.
Shape into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap.
Chill for about 3 hours.
After chilling….
Time to play with your dough…
Roll it out to 1/4 inch thick.
Cut out the cookies using any cookie cutter you like.
Place the cookies on the baking tray with 1 inch space between them.
Bake cookies at 350 F for 10 minutes.
(it should be lightly browned around the edges)
Cool the cookies.
Spread half of the cookies with 1/2 TBSP apricot jam and top with remaining cookies.
Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Icing
Combine icing sugar, almond extract and enough hot water to make a thin icing.
Frost tops of cookies and decorate with sprinkles, color sugar, dry apricot.
Allow icing to dry. (about 1 hour)
Keep them in airtight container. (3 days)