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Updated Sep 21, 2020
Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010
Margaret Parsons
Royersford, Pennsylvania
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Dried apricots, pecans and spice star in these pretty little cookies that earned their way to the Bake-Off® Contest.

Apricot-Sour Cream Tea Cookies

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 1 hr 10 min
  • Ingredients 10
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

Cookies

Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup milk

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Let cookie dough stand at room temperature 10 minutes to soften. Meanwhile, heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In food processor, place pecans, apricots, preserves, cinnamon and cloves. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses 20 to 30 seconds or until pecans and apricots are finely chopped and mixture holds together.
  • Step 
    3
    In large bowl, mix pecan mixture and sour cream. Crumble cookie dough into pecan mixture, stir with wooden spoon until well blended. Stir in flour until well blended. (DO NOT EAT RAW COOKIE DOUGH AFTER COMBINING WITH FLOUR.)
  • Step 
    4
    Drop dough by 24 heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets 2 minutes; remove to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    Place waxed paper under cooling racks. In medium bowl, stir powdered sugar and milk until smooth. Dip tops of cookies into glaze; place on racks and let stand 5 minutes. Dip cookies again; let stand 5 minutes longer or until glaze is set.

Nutrition

180 Calories
7g Total Fat
1g Protein
29g Total Carbohydrate
21g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
180
Calories from Fat
60
Total Fat
7g
11%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
8%
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
65mg
3%
Potassium
75mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
29g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
21g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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