Apricot Vienna Tarts

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

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) jar apricot preserves
• 6 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 2 cups flour
• beaten egg
• cinnamon sugar
• finely chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f; line cookie sheets with parchment paper& set aside.
• 2 in a small saucepan, cook the chopped apricots& preserves until melted& apricots are soft.
• 3 chill in refrigerator.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, butter& flour into a stiff dough.
• 5 divide into 2 equal disks, wrap in plastic& chill.
• 6 when dough is thoroughly chilled, cut each disk into 4 sections.
• 7 roll each section into a thin round, and cut into 4 or 6 wedges.
• 8 place approximately 1 tsp of preserve mixture on outer edge (wide, rounded side) of rolled dough.
• 9 moisten point of dough with a little water.
• 10 roll dough over the preserves, tucking in the sides& continue to roll to the point.
• 11 continue this with each section of dough.
• 12 place each cookie on parchment-lined cookie sheet; brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or chopped nuts.
• 13 bake 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 14 cool on wire rack.