Turkish Eyes Cookies Recipe

• 1 cup Butter
• 1 cup Sugar (powdered)
• A pinch of Salt
• 1 tbsp Honey
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 2½ cups All-Purpose Flour
• ½ cup Apricot Jam
• Sugar (powdered, for dusting)

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease cookie sheets or lien them with parchment paper.
• Place butter in a large mixing bowl and cream it.
• Add sugar and stir until smooth.
• Add salt, honey and vanilla.
• Stir in flour and combine well to form smooth dough.
• Roll the dough between two sheets of wax paper, until it attains ¼-inch thickness.
• Remove the top sheet of wax paper.
• Cut out equal number of 3-inch and 1-inch circles from the dough.
• Pace the circles on cookie sheets, about 1-inch apart.
• Bake the cookies for about 10 to 12 minutes, till they turn golden brown.
• Remove and transfer on wire racks. Allow them to cool.
• Spread apricot jam on the 3-inch circles, leaving ¼-½ inch border all around.
• Dust the smaller 1-inch circles with powdered sugar and place on the center of jam-lined cookies.
• Allow the cookies to set.
• Serve.