Agnesenplätzchen (St. Agnes Cookies) : Feast Day January 21

Agnesenplätzchen (St. Agnes Cookies) 

adapted from Cooking with the Saints 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cup butter, room temperature
• ½ cup sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 jar apricot jam
• powdered sugar (optional)

Directions:

Cream the butter with the sugar. Gradually incorporate the flour until it becomes a smooth dough. Refrigerate for about 10 minutes.

On a clean work surface, roll out the dough to ¼-inch thick. Cut out an even number of circles about 2 inches in diameter.

Let the dough rest for about 30 to 60 minutes.  

Place on a cookie sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 350˚F for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from the oven, transfer the cookies to a wire rack and cool completely. Spread apricot jam on the top of one cookie and cover with a second cookie.

Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.