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Bull's Eye Cookies for the Holidays

INGREDIENTS
- 150 g butter
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1/2 packet vanilla sugar
- 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
- A pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 300 g plain flour
- ½ packet baking powder
- 1 jar apricot preserve (335 g)
- Icing sugar for dusting
METHOD
- Line a baking tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to 180°C (fan-assisted) or 200°C (conventional).
- Cream the softened butter with the caster sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla sugar, lemon zest, and a pinch of salt.
- Add the eggs and mix well. Gradually fold in the plain flour, mixed with the baking powder, and knead into a smooth dough.
- Cover the dough and leave to rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
- Roll out the dough to about ½ cm thick. Using a cutter, cut half of the dough into circles with a hole in the centre, and the other half into solid circles.
- Place the cookies on the prepared baking tray and bake for about 8 minutes, until they are lightly golden brown. Allow to cool completely.
- Spread the solid cookie bases with apricot preserve. Dust the cookies with holes with icing sugar and carefully place them on top of the preserve-covered bases.