Apricot-walnut bars
12 bars
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Dried Apricots |
| Water | ||
| 1⅓ | cup | Flour |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| 2 | Eggs; well beaten | |
| 1 | cup | Brown Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking Powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ½ | cup | Walnuts; chopped |
Directions
In a saucepan, cover apricots with water and bring to a boil; then simmer 10 minutes. Drain and let cool. Chop apricots. Sift 1 cup flour with sugar into a bowl, then cut butter into it until it is like coarse cornmeal. Pack into a 9 x 9 x 2" pan. Bake for 25 minutes at 325øF.
Combine eggs and brown sugar, ⅓ cup flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla, waluts, and apricots and stir well in a medium bowl. Spread over baked layer and bake 35 minutes at 325øF. Coll, and cut into bars.
Source: Shelby Lynne Smith of Stinson Beach, Ca. Typed by Katherine Smith