Delectable Apricot Bars

11 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cups Dried Apricots
  • 1/2 cups Soft Butter Or Margine
  • 1/4 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 1-1/3 cup Sifted All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/4 teaspoons Salt
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar, Packed
  • 2 whole Eggs, Well Beaten
  • 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cups Chopped Walnuts
  • Confectioners Sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Rinse apricots; cover with water; boil 10 minutes. Drain them, then cool and chop.
  2. 2
    Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8x2-inch pan.
  3. 3
    Mix butter, granulated sugar and 1 cup flour until crumbly. Pack into pan. Bake 25 minutes.
  4. 4
    Sift remaining 1/3 cup of flour, baking powder and salt.
  5. 5
    Gradually beat brown sugar into eggs; mix in flour mixture, then vanilla, nuts and apricots. Spread over the baked layer. Bake 30 minutes, or until done (toothpick comes out only slightly moist).
  6. 6
    Cut into bars. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.Yields about 16 pieces....

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