Hungarian Christmas Cookies

Name: Hungarian Christmas Cookies
Yield: Makes about 3 dozen cookies
Cuisine: Eastern European & German
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams), dried apricots; 1 cup, water; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 3 3/4 cups (18 3/4 ounces/532 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus 1/2 teaspoon juice; 1/2 cup, sour cream; 1/4 cup, evaporated milk; 10 tablespoons, vegetable shortening; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces/149 grams), granulated sugar; 2 , large egg yolks; , Confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Eastern European & German
Cookies
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013

These delicate Hungarian cookies are stuffed with a sweet apricot filling.

SERVES Makes about 3 dozen cookies

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 1 hour chilling and 30 minutes cooling

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