Stephanies Apricot White Chocolate Cookies Recipes

HEAVENLY APRICOT-WHITE CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Cream the butter and brown sugar in a medium-size mixing bowl until smoothly blended.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Add the flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring the mixture into a smooth dough.
• Add the apricots and white chocolate, stirring until the pieces are thoroughly dispersed.
• Drop the batter by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 10 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned.
• Let the cookies set on the sheet for 1 to 2 minutes before transferring them with a spatula to wire racks to cool.

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT THUMBPRINT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350' F.
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add egg yolks, lime zest and vanilla and blend. Stir in flour and salt until evenly combined. Spoon and shape 1-inch balls of dough. In bowl with sugar, roll dough ball until covered. Place 1 1/2 inches apart on prepared baking tray. Press an indentation in the center of each cookie (a few cracks are to be expected) and bake for 13 to 15 min, until cookies just begin to brown lightly on the bottom. Let cool.
• Stir apricot jam to loosen and spoon a bit of jam in each thumbprint. Melt white chocolate in microwave on med. heat, stirring every 10 seconds. Dip a fork into chocolate and drizzle over cookies or put melted chocolate in pastry bag and squeeze over cookies. Let cookies set for at least an hour before packing. Refridgerate.
• Cookies will keep up to a week in airtight container.

APRICOT WHITE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350°F (or 175°C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add the nuts, apricots and white chocolate.
• Spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 12 minutes. (These cookies don't spread very much, so they can be pretty closely packed onto the cookie sheet).
• Transfer to a cooling rack.

WHITE CHOCOLATE APRICOT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. With the mixer on low, add the eggs 1 at a time. Add the vanilla and beat for 1 more minute.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Add the oats, apricots and white chocolate chips and fold to combine using a rubber spatula, making sure everything is evenly incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour before baking.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Using a medium ice cream scoop, drop 2-inch mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden in color, 14 to 16 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let cool completely.