Turkish Eyes Cookies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup apricot jam
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
• 3 cream butter.
• 4 add the sugar and cream until smooth.
• 5 add salt and vanilla.
• 6 stir in flour.
• 7 knead until smooth.
• 8 roll out dough between two pieces of wax paper until 1/4" in thickness.
• 9 carefully remove the top sheet of wax paper.
• 10 cut out equal number of 3" circles and 1" circles.
• 11 place on cookie sheets about 1" apart.
• 12 bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• 13 transfer to wire racks to cool.
• 14 spread the jam on the 3" circles, leaving a 1/4"-1/2" border all around.
• 15 dust the 1" circles with powdered sugar and place in the center of the jam-lined cookies.
• 16 let cookies set.