Cream shortening and flour.

Add remaining ingredients. Knead into smooth dough.

Roll out dough on floured board to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut into shapes with juice glass or a cookie cutter.

With a thimble, make a hole in the center of half of the cookies.

Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit on lined cookie sheets for seven to eight minutes, until golden.

When cool, spread whole cookie with apricot jam and cover with cookie with center hole.