Apricot Cookies

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1/4 cup cornflour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup ground almonds
• 2 cups dried apricots (chopped)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 sift the plain flour, corn flour and bicarbonate of soda. add the salt and mix well.
• 3 cream the butter, castor sugar, brown sugar and vanilla essence till light and fluffy.
• 4 add the eggs, 1 at a time. beat well.
• 5 add the ground cinnamon and ground almond and mix well.
• 6 stir in the chopped apricots.
• 7 fold in the flour and salt mixture.
• 8 drop by teaspoonful onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
• 9 bake at 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 10 cool the cookies thoroughly before storing in an air-tight container.