Apricot Holiday Cookies Recipe

1/2 c Butter; soft

2/3 c Sugar

1 Egg

2 tb Orange juice

1/2 Orange; grated peel

1/4 c Apricot preserves; or

Orange marmalade 2 c Flour

1 ts Baking powder

1/8 ts Salt

Recipe by: Judy Zeidler. Cream together butter and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat in egg. Add orange juice and peel and apricot preserves. Mix well. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt in separate bowl. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture until dough comes together. Drop rounded ts of batter, about 2" apart, onto foil-lined, greased baking sheets. Bake at 375~ until cookies are brown around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. 69 cal; 3 gr fat; 39% fat. -----