| Austrian Peach Cookies
3/4 cup of sweet butter
1/2 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup of chocolate pieces, melted and cooled, optional
1 teaspoon of baking powder
3 3/4 cup of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2/3 cup of apricot jam
2 teaspoons of rum or sherry
1/3 cup of ground pecans |
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Put butter, milk, sugar, eggs, baking powder, and 2 cup flour in bowl. Blend 1 minute on low speed, scraping bowl constantly. Then beat 1 minute on medium speed. Stir in the remaining flour and vanilla. The dough will be smooth and soft. Shape dough in smooth 3/4 inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 325ºF. until the cookies are brown on bottom, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Hollow small hole in the bottom of each cookie. Reserve crumbs. Mix 1 1/2 cup of crumbs with jam, chocolate, nuts, and rum. Fill hollowed cookies with crumb mixture. Press 2 filled halves together. Brush lightly with water. Roll 1 side in red sugar, then all over with yellow orange sugar. Add green stem. Makes 4 dozen. |
