Apricot Pastry Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. butter or margarine, softened
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 c. apricot preserves
3/4 c. shredded coconut
3/4 c. finely chopped walnuts
confectioners sugar

Preparation

Combine flour and salt; set aside.
Cream butter or margarine and warm cheese.
Stir in flour mixture by hand just until blended.
Divide dough into fourths, wrap in plastic wrap and chill several hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 400\u00b0 and lightly grease baking sheets.
Combine apricot preserves, coconut and walnuts; set aside.
Working with one fourth of dough at a time, roll on floured pastry cloth or other floured surface into 8 x 10-inch rectangle.
Cut rolled dough into 2-inch squares. Spread each square with 1 teaspoon apricot mixture leaving edges of dough uncovered.
Moisten one corner of dough with water. Beginning at opposite corner roll toward moistened corner and press lightly to seal.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges begin to brown.
Cool on wire rack.
Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Makes 80.