Butter Cookie Recipes - Sweet Summer Kisses Recipe

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup/180 g butter, softened

• 1/2 cup/75 g confectioners'/icing sugar

• 1 tsp vanilla extract/essence

• 2 cups/300 g all purpose/plain flour

• 1/8 salt

• 1/2 cup/160 g apricot preserves or jam

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter two cookie sheets.

2. Beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until creamy.

3. Mix in the flour and salt. Drop tablespoons of the dough 2 inches (5 cm) apart onto the prepared cookie sheets, flattening them slightly with a fork.

4. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until just golden at the edges. Transfer to racks to cool.

5. Warm the preserves in a small saucepan over low heat until liquid. Stick the cookies together in pairs with the preserves.