Corn Meal Apricot Nut Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 8 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 48 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 cup chopped dried apricot
• 1/2 cup finely-chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
• 3 cups cake flour, separated
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup yellow cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 cream butter; add sugar, eggs and lemon extract. beat well.
• 2 dredge apricots with 1/2 cup of the flour and add.
• 3 sift remaining flour with other dry ingredients and add; mix well.
• 4 add nuts if desired.
• 5 drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased (or use parchment paper) cookie sheet; flatten with a fork.
• 6 bake 10 to 12 minutes at 400°f.