Apricot Fold Ups Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Cut in the cream cheese and margarine until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on the milk and vinegar. Work the dough by hand until it holds together in a ball. Divide dough into 4 pieces and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece of dough into a rectangle measuring 7 1/2x10 inches. Cut the dough into 2 1/2 inch squares. Place a 1/2 teaspoon dollop of apricot preserves onto the center of each square. Fold each corner to the center and pinch together.
• Place cookies on an unprepared cookie sheet, and bake for about 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Drizzle with glaze when cool.
• In a small bowl stir together 3/4 cup of confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons of water until smooth. Drizzle over the cookies.

Steps:

• Soak apricots in brandy for at least an hour, but preferably overnight.
• Drain and reserve liquid.
• In a medium bowl combine flour, sugar and allspice, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
• (can be done quickly with a few pulses in a food processor) Combine egg yolk and sour cream and gently blend mixture into butter/flour mixture.
• Divide dough in quarters and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or, preferably, overnight.
• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Roll out each quarter the dough into 1/8 thickness, cut with a 2 1/2" round (fluted is preferred) cookie cutter.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, place one apricot on half of each cookie and fold over other half to leave apricot partially exposed.
• Bake for aprox 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on a rack.
• While baking prepare next batch.
• For icing combine powdered sugar with 2-3 tblspn of the reserved apricot brandy.
• I like to cook the brandy until the alcohol smell is gone, but it's fine either way.
• After completly cooled dip half the cookie in icing and leave on a wire rack to dry for several hours.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for about a week, but are at their peak for 2-3 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Cut each bacon strip into thirds. Fold each apricot piece around an almond; wrap with a piece of bacon. Secure with toothpicks., Place on two ungreased 15x10x1-in. pans. Bake until bacon is crisp, 20-25 minutes, turning halfway., Place sauce ingredients in a small saucepan; cook and stir until heated through. Drain wraps on paper towels. Serve with sauce.

Steps:

• Put the apricot halves in a saucepan with the lemon zest and juice and the sugar. Shake the pan to combine, then simmer, uncovered, over a medium heat until the apricots are soft. This should take about 10-15 minutes.
• Tip the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor and whizz to a purée. Decant into a bowl, stir in the liqueur and leave to cool - about 20-30 minutes.
• Soften the mascarpone in its tub by whisking it vigorously with a fork. Whip the cream in a bowl - you want it softly whipped not stiff. Fold in the mascarpone with a large metal spoon, then lightly swirl in the apricot purée to make a pattern.
• Spoon the mixture into six wine glasses. (At this point, they'll keep in the fridge for up to a day.) To serve, crumble over the amaretti, with a few on the side for dunking.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Cut in the cream cheese and margarine until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle on the milk and vinegar. Work the dough by hand until it holds together in a ball. Divide dough into 4 pieces and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out each piece of dough into a rectangle measuring 7 1/2x10 inches. Cut the dough into 2 1/2 inch squares. Place a 1/2 teaspoon dollop of apricot preserves onto the center of each square. Fold each corner to the center and pinch together.
• Place cookies on an unprepared cookie sheet, and bake for about 15 minutes in the preheated oven. Drizzle with glaze when cool.
• In a small bowl stir together 3/4 cup of confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons of water until smooth. Drizzle over the cookies.

Steps:

• Pre heat the oven to 375'F/190'C.
• On a floured board cut the pastry with a sharp knife into four squares.
• Place a tablespoon of apricot conserve on to the middle of each square of pastry.
• Using a pastry brush, brush the edges of each with a little cold water and fold each square over to form a triangle.
• Gently press the edges together.
• Place carefully on a baking sheet and bake for 15-20minutes, or until risen and golden brown.
• Remove to a wire rack to cool a little then dust generously with the sifted icing sugar and serve.
• *If you don't have ready rolled pastry just use 8oz/225g ready puff pastry and roll out on floured board to make a 10"/25cm square, then cut into four squares.

Steps:

• Place almonds and apricots in a food processor; cover and process until finely chopped. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon butter, honey, lemon zest and extract; add almond mixture and stir until blended., Lightly brush one sheet of phyllo with remaining butter; place another sheet of phyllo on top and brush with butter. (Keep remaining phyllo covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.) Cut the two layered sheets into three 14x3-in. strips., Place 1-1/2 teaspoons filling in lower corner of each strip. Fold dough over filling, forming a triangle. Fold triangle up, then fold triangle over, forming another triangle. Continue folding, like a flag, until you come to the end of the strip. Brush end of dough with butter and press onto triangle to seal. Turn triangle and brush top with melted butter. Repeat., Place triangles on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.