Recipe - Apricot-Cream Cheese Spread

1 cup Chopped dried apricots
Three fourths cup Water
16 ounce Cream cheese, softened
Three fourths cup Orange marmalade
2 tablespoon Milk
1 cup Chopped pecans

Combine apricots & water in small saucepan. Bring to boil; cover, reduce
heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Drain well.

Beat cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer, until it's smooth
and fluffy. Stir in the apricots and remaining ingredients.

Serve on crackers. (Also yummy on an English muffin or bagel.)

Yield: About 3 and One half cups.

Recipe from Southern Living magazine's 1987 Annual Recipes book.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini