Apricot Pastry Fold-Ups
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 22
The beauty of this recipe is that it plays the tart apricots off the tang of the cream cheese and vinegar in the dough, complimented nicely by a delicate sweet glaze. The dough is delicate and flaky.
Ingredients
- Dough: shopping list
- 2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 8oz package cream cheese shopping list
- 1 cup butter shopping list
- 1 tablespoon milk shopping list
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar shopping list
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- Filling shopping list
- 12ish oz dried apricots shopping list
- 2 cups water shopping list
- 1 and 1/2 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- glaze shopping list
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar shopping list
- 1 tablespoon water shopping list
How to make it
- Mix your flour and salt then cut in the cream cheese and butter like you would if you were making a pie.
- Add milk and vinegar.
- mix it with your hands until the dough comes together.
- Split it into four balls, wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Toward the end of the 2 hours combine the apricots, water, and sugar in a sauce pan on the stove.
- Bring the mix just to a rolling boil, then turn the heat off and let the apricots cool in the water.
- Then drain.
- Heat your oven to 400 and line a baking sheet or two with parchment paper.
- Take one ball out of the fridge and roll it out on a dusted counter, or , on a dusted piece of parchment paper.
- Trim the dough so it's square, or at least rectangular.
- Don't be shy about trimming, with this recipe there's no reason not to mash the scraps back into a 5th ball and use it too.
- Cut the dough into 2ish inch squares, and place an apricot (that you've patted dry) in the center of each one.
- take the corners of a square and fold them together over the apricot. Pinch the corners together.
- Repeat until you're out of dough.
- When you remake the ball of scraps, you might want to toss it in the freezer for a couple minutes to get it chilled again.
- Place in the 400 deg. oven t for 15 or so minutes or until they're just golden.
- And I'm serious about the just GOLDEN part. When the tops are golden, the bottoms are a dark golden, any longer and they'll burn.
- let them cool slightly and make the glaze. Add the water to the sugar and stir. Use a spoon to drizzle the glaze over the cookies.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
These look glorious! I have to make something to take to a dear friend's party on Christmas Eve. I do believe these will be it. Many thanks! I think you are among the best of cooks. Chris
riverznnd
in Nashua loved it
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JM...another ^5! You have apricots and I have figs! :) These will grace my table this Holiday season!
noir
in Boston loved it
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This is a winner Joymarie.The dough is so rich..Thanks for sharing.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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