Apricot Rolls Recipe 465

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients cut in butter. Dissolve yeast in warm water stir yolks, sour cream and vanilla. Add yeast and egg yolk mixture to dry ingredients. Refrigerate at least an hour. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightlly grease baking pans. Divide dough into 16 balls. Refriderate until ready to roll and fill. On board sprinkled with lots and lots of powdered sugar. Roll each ball into a 9 inch circle. Cut into 8 wedges. Spread on filling on dough. Roll up starting with wide end of wedge. Turn in ends so they won't burn. Place on baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 mins. Apricot filling. ½ cup sugar for each cup of apricots. Use enough water so they won't stick and burn, Simmer for 20 minutes or so, add sugar last few minutes. We used two bags of apricots from Costco. Process them in the food processor before putting them on the stove.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat milk and 1 cup butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat until moistened. Add egg yolks; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on high for 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls; roll each into a 2-1/2-in. circle. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes., Using the end of a wooden spoon, make a 1-1/2-in. indentation in the center of each roll; fill with about 2 teaspoons apricot filling. Melt remaining butter; brush over dough., Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm rolls.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to package directions and roll out dough on a nonstick cookie sheet. Cut and separate dough into perforated triangles. Combine the apricot jam or fruit spread and the orange marmalade in a small bowl. Place bowl in microwave and cook on HIGH 15 seconds to loosen the preserves. Beat egg with water to thin it out a little for an egg wash. Use the back of a teaspoon to spread a thin layer of apricot-orange jam across each piece of dough. Roll crescents up, brush with a little egg wash and coat with sesame seeds and almonds. Bake to package directions until deep golden in color. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 degrees with rack in center. Place apricots in a large bowl, and cover with the water; let soak until they are completely soft, 30 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a fine sieve; drain, and reserve liquid.
• Place apricots in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade; add honey and sugar. Process until mixture is very smooth and easily spreadable. If it is too thick, add up to 1 tablespoon soaking liquid.
• Cover two 10-by-15-inch baking sheets with plastic wrap. Divide puree between the sheets; spread in a thin, even layer with an offset spatula. Let dry in oven until mixture is firm but slightly tacky, about 8 hours or overnight. Remove from oven; let cool.
• Peel fruit leather from plastic wrap, and cut into 1-inch-wide strips using a pizza cutter. Roll tightly into cylinders, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; line cookie sheets with parchment paper& set aside.
• In a small saucepan, cook the chopped apricots and preserves until melted, and apricots are soft. Chill in refrigerator.
• In a mixing Bowl, combine cream cheese, butter and flour into a stiff dough. Divide into 2 equal disks, wrap in plastic wrap and chill (atleast 1 hour).
• When dough is thoroughly chilled, cut each disk into 4 sections. Roll each section into a thin round, and cut into 4 or 6 wedges.
• Place approximately 1 tsp of preserve mixture on outer edge (wide, rounded side) of rolled dough. Moisten point of dough with a little water. Roll dough over the preserves, tucking in the sides& continue to roll to the point. Continue until all dough has been used up.
• Place each cookie on parchment-lined cookie sheet; brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with Cinnamon Sugar.
• Bake 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• Cover the apricots with hot water and allow to stand for 30 minutes. Drain well.
• Grease two nut roll tins and preheat oven to 190°C.
• Cream butter and sugar using an electric mixer, until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Beat until combined.
• Stir in half of the sifted flours with half of the milk.
• Stir in remaining flours and milk.
• Stir in the apricots.
• Spoon mixture evenly into the prepared tins. Tins should be kept upright.
• Bake in the oven for 1 hour.
• Remove from the oven and allow cakes to remain in the closed tins for 10 minutes.
• Carefully remove the lids and turn cakes out onto a wire rack to cool.

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in a small sauce pan.
• Stir and simmer for 5 minutes under low heat.
• Take off heat and set aside.
• Cut puff pasry sheet into six squares.
• Roll each square into a 6 inch square.
• Spoon mixture into each square, fold and seal.
• Mix milk and sugar in a bowl and brush on each pie.
• Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown at 400 degrees.