Apricot Bars
Apricot Bars

Apricot Bars

Category

Source: Marlene
Rating: Marlene-Good

Yields1 Serving
  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
  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

  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
  cup sifted all purpose flour
 ½ tsp baking powder
 ¼ tsp salt
 ½ cup chopped almonds
 1 tsp almond extract
 icing sugar

Directions

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.

Apricot Bars