Apricot Cookies - Submitted by Kaceen

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 cup granualted sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 eggs separated
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups apricot jam
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Powdered sugar, sifted

Preparation:

Cream butter and shortening with 1/2 cup granulated sugar and lemon peel. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Sift flour with salt and baking soda and add to creamed mixture. Spread dough into a buttered 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Cover with apricot jam.

Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually beat in the 1/4 cup of sugar. Fold in chopped pecans or walnuts. Spread meringue mixture over the jam layer. bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Cool then cut into sticks. Roll cooled cookies in sifted powdered sugar.

Makes about 4 dozen apricot cookies.