Easy Nutmeg Ribbon Cookies

• 1/2 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup apricot, peach or strawberry spreadable fruit preserves

1. Heat oven to 325F.
2. Combine butter, powdered sugar and brown sugar in bowl.
3. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often until creamy.
4. Add egg and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
5. Add flour, baking powder, nutmeg and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
6. Divide dough into thirds; shape each third into 10-inch log.
7. Spread pecans onto waxed paper.
8. Roll each log in pecans.
9. Place logs 4 to 5 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
10. Flatten each into 10x1 1/2-inch rectangle.
11. Make 1/2-inch indentation down center of each using fingers or back of spoon.
12. Bake 15-17 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
13. Cool 3 minutes on cookie sheet; reinforce indentations using back of spoon.
14. Transfer to cooling rack.
15. Cool completely.
16. Fill each indentation with 1 heaping tablespoon preserves; spread out.
17. Cut each into 12 pieces.

butter, powdered sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, baking powder, ground nutmeg, salt, pecans, apricot

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1460/easy-nutmeg-ribbon-cookies (may not work)