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     Title: Patty Ann's Lucious Apricot Bars
Categories: Cookies
     Yield: 1 servings

   2/3 c  Dried apricots
   1/2 c  Butter or margarine;
          -softened
   1/4 c  Granulated sugar
     1 c  Flour; sifted
          Filling:
   1/3 c  Flour; sifted
   1/2 ts Baking powder
   1/4 ts Salt
     1 c  Brown sugar; packed
     2    Eggs; well beaten
   1/2 ts Vanilla extract
   1/2 c  Walnuts or pecans; chopped

 Recipe by: Patty Ann Spalding Preparation Time: 0:35
    Oven 350 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 powdered sugar. Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.

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