Gleanings of Wheat

These look so yummy. 150 ml (2/3 cup) butter, room temperature 125 ml (1/2 cup) sugar 1 large egg 2 ml (1/2 tsp) pure vanilla 425 ml (1 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour 2 ml (1/2 tsp) lemon zest 1 ml (1/4 tsp) salt 175 ml (3/4 cup) apricot jam Yellow, orange and red sugar crystals Preheat oven to 180º C (350º F). In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and lemon zest. Combine flour and salt and add to butter mixture; mix until just blended. Roll dough into 4-cm (1 1/2-inch) balls. Cut each ball in half with a wire cheese cutter or dental floss. Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for approximately 15-20 minutes, until lightly golden. Watch to make sure they don’t get too brown. Melt apricot jam and brush the bottom half of each cookie when partially cooled and attach the other half. Brush the entire cookie with the melted jam and roll in a combination of yellow, orange and red sugar. Tuck in a sprig of thyme, a candied lea

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