Apricot kolachky
Makes three dozen.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
1 cup butter, slightly softened
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, slightly softened
2 cups white flour
1 6-ounce container apricot filling, or any fruit filling
Confectioners' sugar
Blend butter, cream cheese and flour. Form into long rolls, 2 inches in diameter. Chill overnight.
Slice chilled dough into disks one-quarter-inch thick. Arrange disks 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Push down with your thumb into the center of each slice. Fill each indentation with one teaspoon of apricot (or other fruit) filling. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cool on wire rack. Dust the top of each kolachky with confectioners' sugar.
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Freezer pumpkin pie
Soften 1 quart of vanilla ice cream.
While ice cream is softening, mix together until there are no lumps:
2 cups pumpkin purée
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Stir ice cream into the pumpkin mixture, and pour into a graham cracker crust. Freeze for at least one hour before serving
Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top.
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