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Turkish Eyes Cookies

Oven-baked honey and apricot jam.

40 min · Serves 24 · Easy

Makes
24
cookies

Ingredients

Time
Prep 20 min · Cook 20 min · 40 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper. Cream butter.

  2. 2

    Add the sugar and cream until smooth. Add salt and vanilla. Stir in flour. Knead until smooth.

  3. 3

    Roll out dough between two pieces of wax paper until 1/4" in thickness. Carefully remove the top sheet of wax paper.

  4. 4

    Cut out equal number of 3" circles and 1" circles. Place on cookie sheets about 1" apart. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

    12 min
  5. 5

    Transfer to wire racks to cool. Spread the jam on the 3" circles, leaving a 1/4"-1/2" border all around.

  6. 6

    Dust the 1" circles with powdered sugar and place in the center of the jam-lined cookies. Let cookies set.

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