Recipe - Apricot-Nut Squares Finalist

1 One half Sticks margarine; melted
1 pound Light brown sugar
3 Eggs
2 2/3 cup Selfrising flour
1 teaspoon Almond extract
2 tablespoon Water
1 cup Chopped nuts
1 cup Finely chopped dried
apricots

In the large bowl of a mixer, blend the melted margarine and sugar. Add the
eggs, blend. Blend in the flour, almond extract and water. Add the chopped
apricots and nuts. Stir well.

Transfer the batter to a greased 9 by 13 by 2inch baking pan and bake at
350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle
comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack, then cut into squares. (They freeze
well.)

Formatted by suechef@sover.net

NOTES : Amelia Britt of Newport News "It's nutritional, tasty, chewy, keeps
well and also freezes well. It is a good "year'round cookie."
Recipe by: Newport News' Centennial Cookie Contest

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #834 by Sue suechef@sover.net on Oct 09,
1997