Apricot-Cardamon Bars and Apricot Icing

Title:
Apricot-Cardamon Bars and Apricot Icing

Yield:
24 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Fruits,
Jams




Ingredients:




---------------------------------COOKIE
BAR---------------------------------


     1 c  All-purpose flour


   1/2 c  Packed brown sugar


   1/2 ts Baking powder


   1/4 ts Baking soda


   1/4 ts Ground cardamom


          Or 1/8 tsp. ground cloves


   1/2 c  Apricot nectar or orange


          Juice


   1/4 c  Unsweetened applesauce


     2 tb Cooking oil


     1    Slightly beaten egg


   1/2 c  Finely snipped dried apricos


     1    Recipe Apricot Icing





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ICING-------------------------------


   1/2 c  Powdered sugar


     2    To three teaspoons apricot


          Nectar or orange juice





 In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder,


 baking soda, and cardamom or cloves; set aside. Stir together apricot


 nectar or orange juice, applesauce, oil, and egg till combined. Sit in the


 snipped apricots.


 


 Spread batter in an ungreased 11x7x1-1/2-inch baking pan. Bake in a


 350-degree oven about 25 minutes or till a wooden pick inserted near the


 center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot


 Icing.  Cut into bars.  Makes 24 bars.


 


 APRICOT ICING: In a small mixing bowl stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar


 and 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.


 


 NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: 67 cal., 1 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 9 mg


 chol., 17 mg sodium, 13 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 1 g pro. Daily Value: 3% vit.


 A, 3% vit. C, 0% calcium, 3% iron.