Austrian Peach Cookie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup white sugar
    3/4 cup vegetable oil
    1/2 cup milk
    2 eggs
    3/4 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    3 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
    1 cup apricot preserves
    1/2 cup chopped almonds
    3 ounces cream cheese, softened
    2 tablespoons instant tea powder
    2 1/2 tablespoons brandy
    3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 cup red decorator sugar
    1/2 cup orange decorator sugar
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
    Combine sugar, oil, milk, eggs, baking powder and vanilla in large bowl. Blend in enough flour to form a soft dough.
    Roll into walnut size balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets
    Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cookies will be pale. Remove to rack to cool.
    Hollow out cookie center. Reserve crumbs. Combine 2 cups crumbs, preserves, almonds, cream cheese, instant tea powder, brandy and cinnamon. Mix to blend.
    Fill cookies with crumb mixture. Press 2 cookies together to form peach.
    Brush lightly with brandy or water and dip one spot in the red sugar for blush and roll entire cookie in orange sugar. Top with a icing leaf or purchase the plastic peach leaves.

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