Apricot Buttons

Name: Apricot Buttons
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters About apricot jam; 227 grams cup butter, at room temperature; 2 larges eggs, separated; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 355 milliliters finely ground walnuts (see notes)

Apricot Buttons requires roughly 1 hour from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 39g of protein, 195g of fat, and a total of 3271 calories. This recipe covers 45% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 1. If you have flour, butter, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar until smooth.

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Sugar

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Add egg yolks and vanilla and beat until well blended. Stir in flour and salt and beat just until dough comes together.

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Egg Yolk

Vanilla

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

In a small bowl, beat egg whites to blend.

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Egg Whites

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Place walnuts in another small bowl. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Dip each in egg whites, turning to coat completely, then roll in walnuts to coat.

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Egg Whites

Walnuts

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Roll

Dip

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Place about 1 inch apart on buttered or cooking parchment-lined 12- by 15-inch baking sheets. Press your thumb gently into the center of each cookie to make an indentation.

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Bake cookies in a 325 oven until lightly browned, 18 to 20 minutes; if baking more than one pan at a time, switch pan positions halfway through baking.

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