Apricot Cake Bars

Title:
Apricot Cake Bars

Yield:
16 Servings

Categories:
Desserts,
Cake,
Make
ahead




Ingredients:





   2/3 c  Dried apricots; packed


     1    Stick butter (1/2c)


   1/4 c  Sugar


 1 1/3 c  Flour


   1/2 ts Baking powder


       pn Salt


     1 c  Brown sugar


     2    Eggs


   1/2 ts Vanilla


   1/2 c  Chopped walnuts


          Confectioner's sugar






 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Put apricots in a


 small pan, cover with water and boil gently for 10


 minutes.  Drain off water, cool and cut into small


 pieces. Mix the butter, sugar, and 1 cup of the flour


 together with a pastry blender until crumbly.  Press


 into a greased 9-by-9-inch baking pan.  Bake for about


 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Sift together the


 remaining 1/3 cup flour, baking powder and salt. In a


 large bowl, beat together the brown sugar and eggs


 until light.  Stir in vanilla, the flour mixture,


 apricots and nuts.  Spread over the baked base.


 Bake for about 30 minutes or until set and browned.


 Cool, then cut into bars.  Wrap and freeze.


 Provise a small bag of confectioner's sugar to


 sprinkle on when ready to serve.


 


 Nutritional info per serving: 206 cal; 10g fat(41%)


 


 Source: Miami Herald, 1/18/96


 format by Lisa Crawford


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #240


 


 Date: 03 Sep 96 00:12:19 EDT


 


 From: "Lisabeth Crawford (Pooh)"