1 cup sifted flour
½ tsp salt
½ cup butter
¾ cup chopped almonds or chopped moist coconut
About ½ cup apricot preserves
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
½ tsp vanilla
Cream butter and sugar until light and fully. Add egg yolk and vanilla and mix well. Add sifted dry ingredients gradually and mix. Mold into small balls. Dip balls in to lightly beaten egg white and toll I chopped nuts and coconut. Place on greased cookie sheets and press top of each gently with thumb. Bake at 300 degrees about 24 minutes. While cookies are still warm, fill centers with apricot preserves. If desire, dust with confectioner’s sugar.
Makes about 3 - 4 dozen cookies 1x
Cookie Category: Molded or Shaped
Difficulty: ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Find it online: http://www.cookiesbybess.com/almond-apricot-balls/