HITM:  Auditor Erin gives us our Recipe of the Week with her Grandma’s Apricot Cookies, Glenn visited Auditor Heather for a carriage drive with a pair of Friesians, Jamie catches us up on the training horses and some Equestrian First World Problems.  Listen in…

AUDITOR POST SHOW:  Some funny police blotters!  

HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 3059 – Show Notes and Links:

• The HORSES IN THE MORNING Crew: Glenn the Geek:  co-host, executive in charge of comic relief, Jamie Jennings:   co-host, director of wacky equestrian adventures, Coach Jenn:  producer, Chaos Control Officer.
• Title Sponsor:  World Equestrian Center
• Featured Image: HORSES IN THE MORNING
• Guest: Auditor Erin Grogan, PhD 
• Link: World Equestrian Center Magazine
• Link: Jessica Troup Holiday Art Consignments
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Time Stamps:

05:50 - Daily Whinnies

26:50 - Auditor Erin Grogan, PhD Recipe

41:20 - EFWP

52:00 Auditor Post Show
 

Grandma’s Apricot Cookies

Ingredients

•  4 oz (half a block) of cream cheese
•  1/2 lb (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
•  2 cups all purpose flour
•  2/3 cup apricot jam (or other fruit jam of your choice)
•  1 tbs confectioner’s sugar

Equipment

•  Mixer (hand mixer or Kitchen Aid mixer with paddle)
•  Rolling pin
•  Small biscuit cutter or juice glass to cut ~2.5” circles
•  1⁄4 tsp
•  2 large cookie sheets
•  Parchment paper/Silpat to fit cookie sheets
•  Wire strainer to sprinkle confectioner’s sugar over cookies

Directions

•  Preheat oven to 375*F
•  In a large, deep bowl, mix softened butter, cream cheese, and flour until it forms a smooth ball of dough (approximately 3-5 minutes of mixing). It will be slightly sticky and may clump up into a few smaller balls.
•  Turn dough ball onto floured surface and bring together into a single ball by hand if needed 
•  Roll dough into 1⁄2 inch thick rectangle(ish).
•  Using biscuit cutter, stamp circles approximately 2.5” in diameter from dough.
•  Remove circles from dough; re-roll excess dough and cut more circles; repeat as many times as possible.
•  Roll each individual circle into a funnel shape, pinching together the bottom to seal off the end. Set your rolled funnels on a lined baking tray.
•  Using the 1⁄4 tsp, fill each funnel with jam, making sure to push it down towards the bottom.
•  Place filled funnels on baking tray with some space in between, as they will expand when baking
•  Bake for 13-16 minutes in a 375* oven. Cookies should be a light color even when baked, so watch for burning