Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Apricot Bars


Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut
8 oz apricot preserves (or I like to use apricot pineapple preserves)
1 cup walnuts, finely chopped

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla.
3. Mix in salt, flour, baking powder and coconut. Stir well.
4. Reserve 3/4 cup for topping. Spread rest in greased 9x11-inch pan.
5. Spread apricot preserves over mixture. Sprinkle nuts over preserves.
6. Crumble reserved 3/4 cup dough over top.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.
8. Cool slightly and cut into squares

2 comments:

Cassie said...

I was given some homemade pineapple preserves and remembered eating some apricot bars with coconut and walnuts in them and thought that the flavor or pineapple would replace the apricot just fine in the recipe. I know someone who could give me the recipe later, but didn't want to wait to make them, so I searched and searched for the recipe. Most of the "Apricot Bars" have oatmeal, sweetened condensed milk, or almonds in them. I KNOW this is the recipe that I've eaten before. I am so glad that I came across it! And I'm glad that I see that you use apricot pineapple instead of just apricot. I'll try to remember to post whether the pineapple by itself is good or not. Thanks! Happy Sunday!

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