Apricot Cream Thumbprints

Total Time: 15 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh)
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 4 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 (12 ounce) jar apricot preserves
• confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

• 1 cream together margarine and sugar. add cream cheese and mix till smooth and fluffy. beat in eggs one at a time and stir in lemon juice and zest.
• 2 in a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder and stir into cream cheese mixture till combined.
• 3 form into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• 4 preheat oven to 350°. with a tablespoon or tablespoon-size scoop, form into balls and place 2-inches apart on cookie sheets lined with parchment.
• 5 with handle of large wooden spoon dipped in flour, make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
• 6 with the tip of a teaspoon, place a dollop of apricot preserves in the indentation.
• 7 bake for 12-15 minutes until just pale golden browned on bottoms and allow to cool on sheets for a few minutes before removing.
• 8 cool completely and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
• 9 note: my sister makes these and uses a simple confectioners' sugar glaze to drizzle over them instead of the sprinkling of sugar. good both ways!