Recipe - Lithuanian Apricot Cookies

8 ounce Cream cheese
One half pound Butter
2 cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder

Cream together butter and cream cheese. Sift in flour and baking powder.
Chill several hours. Roll out and cut into 3inch squares. Drop a spoonful
of stewed pureed apricot in the center of the dough. Fold one corner of the
dough over the filling and press into the opposite corner. Press the edges
around the cookie.

Bake at 400 for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned.

Makes 45 to 50 cookies.

Note: you can also brush with egg whites and fill with ground nuts and
sugar.

Recipe by: LITHUANIAN COOKBOOK 7TH EDITION

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 567 by ctlindab@mail1.nai.net on
Jan 20, 1998