Source: Marlene
Rating: Marlene-Good
⅔ cup dried apricots
½ cup soft butter or shortening
¼ cup sugar
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar, packed
⅓ cup sifted all purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup chopped almonds
1 tsp almond extract
icing sugar
1
Cover apricots with water in small saucepan. Bring to a boil, turn down heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Drain, cool and chop finely.
2
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8x8x2 inch cake pan.
3
Mix butter or shortening, sugar and 1 cup flour with a fork, then with fingers until crumbly. Press firmly in an even layer in prepared pan.
4
Bake 10-15 minutes or until set and lightly browned.
5
Beat eggs well. Beat in brown sugar gradually. Sift 1/3 cup flour, baking powder and salt into egg mixture and bend well. Stir in apricots, almond extract. Spread over baked bottom crust. Return to oven and bake 30 minutes. longer.
6
Cool to lukewarm and sift icing sugar generously over top. Cool before cutting into bars.
Ingredients
⅔ cup dried apricots
½ cup soft butter or shortening
¼ cup sugar
1 cup sifted all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar, packed
⅓ cup sifted all purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup chopped almonds
1 tsp almond extract
icing sugar