Apricot Bars
Ingredients
| 1 cup dry apricots | ||
| 1/2 cup butter | ||
| 1/4 cup sugar | ||
| 1 cup flour | ||
| 2 eggs | ||
| 1 cup light brown sugar, packed | ||
| 1/2 cup flour | ||
| 1/4 tsp salt | ||
| 1/2 tsp baking powder | ||
| 1/2 tsp vanilla extract | ||
| 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts | ||
| 1/2 cup powdered sugar |
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Rinse the apricots. Place in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. and cook for 10 minutes or until tender.
- Drain well, cool and cut into small pieces.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar and flour. Blend together until crumbly.
- Press into the bottom of a greased 9 inch square pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
- While the crust is baking, prepare the topping. Beat the eggs and add the brown sugar gradually.
- Add the flour, salt, baking powder and vanilla. Mix well.
- Fold in the nuts and apricots.
- Remove the crust from the oven.
- Spread the topping over the crust and return to the oven. Bake for 30 minutes more.
- Cool then cut into bars or squares and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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