Description
Buttery, soft cookies filled with golden apricot jam—perfect for any season.
Ingredients
1 cup unsalted butter softened
¾ cup granulated sugar + additional for rolling
1 egg yolk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon almond extract
2 ¼ cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup apricot jam
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment.
2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
3. Add egg yolk, vanilla, and almond extract. Mix well.
4. Gradually mix in flour and salt.
5. Roll dough into balls, coat with sugar, and place on trays.
6. Make indentations and fill each with ½ tsp apricot jam.
7. Bake 12–14 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
8. Cool on baking tray 5 minutes, then transfer to rack.
Notes
Use a thick jam to avoid overflow.
Chill dough if too soft to handle.
Store in an airtight container for 5 days.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 14 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 7.7g
- Sodium: 13.6mg
- Fat: 4.9g
- Saturated Fat: 0.4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 17.2g
- Fiber: 1.1g
- Protein: 2.8g
- Cholesterol: 6.1mg