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                    PATTY ANN'S LUCIOUS APRICOT BARS

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     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 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

 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 4x sugar.

 Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.

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 Recipe By     : Patty Ann Spalding

 From: Bill Spalding <[email protected]



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