Amy'S Favorite Cookie

Directions

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   Cream the
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   cheese.
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   Add
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   the
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   egg
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   yolks and blend very well. Cut
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   the
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   butter into the flour until the particles are fine.
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   Add the
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    cream cheese mixture to the flour mixture and mix well. Roll
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    the
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    dough
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    into a ball and refrigerate for 1 hour.
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    (I leave
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    it
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    overnight, covered well, then get up and bake cookies in a clean kitchen!) Roll the dough out on a very lightly floured surface
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    to the size of a cookie sheet and cut out small rounds with
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    a
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    cutter.
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    Lay the rounds on a cookie sheet.
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    Press
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    your thumb
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    into
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    the center of each round and fill the
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    depression with apricot jam.
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    Use small amounts and do it neatly
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    or
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    it will overflow and burn.
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    Bake at 400° for about 15 minutes.
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    Dust with confectioners sugar when cool.