Recipe - Almond Apricot Bars

2/3 cup Dried apricots
1 1/3 cup Flour
One fourth cup Granulated sugar
1/3 cup Cold unsalted butter
1 cup Sliced almonds; toasted and
divided
2 lg Eggs
1 cup Brown sugar; packed
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth teaspoon Almond extract
One fourth teaspoon Grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
One half teaspoon Baking powder

From: dz234@cleveland.freenet.edu (Helen B. Greenleaf)

Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 06:03:37 GMT
Place apricots in small saucepan. Add just enough water to cover the
apricots, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook 10 minutes. Drain well and
coarsely chop and set aside.

Blend 1 cup flour with granulated sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. (I do
this in a food processor pulse a few times and that's it. Be careful not
to over process.) Add One half cup almonds and stir or pulse a few times to mix.
Pat into an UNGREASED 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Beat eggs and brown sugar. Add extracts, peel, lemon juice baking powder
and the remaining 1/3 cup flour and stir to blend. Stir in chopped apricots
Pour over partially baked crust. Sprinkle with remaining One half cup almonds.
Bake for 25 minutes more. Cool in pan on a rack. Cut into squares. Yield:
about 24

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