1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
grated rind of 1 lemon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
8 to 10 oz dried apricots, ground in food processor
powdered sugar, for sprinkling

Cream butter with sugar then beat in eggs and lemon rind. Sift and add flour, baking soda and salt. Work in ground apricots. Make dough into small balls (do not flatten) and bake on greased cookie sheet at 350°F until firm and slightly golden, about 15 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over cookies before storing in tightly covered container.

Yields 60 small cookies.

Submitted by: N. Tocus