Dried Apricot Pie

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. 2
   Slice the dried apricots in half and rinse them with water.
3. 3
   Place them in a sauce pan with the water, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
4. 4
   Combine the cornstarch with the orange liqueur and about 1 tablespoon of the apricots' cooking liquid.
5. 5
   Mix until smooth then stir into the cooked apricots.
6. 6
   Add the white sugar and combine.
7. 7
   Pour mixture into the unbaked pie shell and seal with the top crust.
8. 8
   Brush milk over top crust for color, if desired.
9. 9
   Bake at 400°F for about 1 hour.
10. 10
    **PLEASE NOTE: If your dried apricots are sweet, you may want to cut the amount of sugar from the 1 3/4 cups called for in the recipe to about 2/3 to 3/4 cup of sugar (or to your taste) to prevent the pie from being overly sweet. The dried apricots I use are quite tart/sour, so the 1 3/4 cups of sugar does not produce an overly sweet pie.