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                    Patty Ann's Lucious Apricot Bars

Recipe By     : Patty Ann Spalding
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:35
Categories    : Bar Cookies                      Christmas

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2/3  C             Dried Apricots
                       -- Crust--
    1/2  C             Butter Or Margarine -- softened
    1/4  C             Granulated Sugar
  1      C             Flour -- sifted
                       --Filling--
    1/3  C             Flour -- sifted
    1/2  Tsp           Baking Powder
    1/4  Tsp           Salt
  1      C             Brown Sugar -- packed
  2                    Eggs -- well beaten
    1/2  Tsp           Vanilla Extract
    1/2  C             Walnuts Or Pecans -- chopped

Oven 350 degrees F.

Cover apricots with water.  Boil 10 minutes.  Drain, cool, chop.
Grease 7 x 11-inch pan.  Mix until crumbly butter, sugar, and 1 cup
flour.  Pack evenly in pan.  Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Sift together 1/3 cup flour, pabing powder, and salt.  Beat eggs and
brown sugar together.  Add flour mixture, vanilla, apricots, and nuts.
Spread over baked layer.  Bake 30 minutes or until done.  Cool in pan.
Cut in bars.  Roll in 4x sugar.

Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.


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