Spiced Apricot Bars

Name: Spiced Apricot Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 24 bars
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 egg, slightly beaten; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup apricot nectar or 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce; 2 tablespoons oil; 1/2 finely snipped dried apricot; 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar; 3 teaspoons apricot nectar

Submitted by KlynnPadilla

"Not sure where this one came from; one of the holiday baking mini-magazines, I think. Posted for safekeeping."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 24 bars

ingredients

Bars
1 cup flour
¹⁄₂ teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground cardamom
1 egg, slightly beaten
¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₂ cup apricot nectar or 1/2 cup orange juice
¹⁄₄ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons oil
¹⁄₂ finely snipped dried apricot
Apricot Icing
¹⁄₂ cup sifted powdered sugar
3 teaspoons apricot nectar

directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cardamom; set aside.
Mix together until combined the egg, brown sugar, apricot nectar, applesauce, and oil.
Add wet ingredients to flour mixture, stirring just to combine. Stir in apricots.
Spread in an ungreased 11x7 pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours, then drizzle with icing and cut into bars.
To make icing: In a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar and enough apricot nectar to bring to drizzling consistency.

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KlynnPadilla

I am in my late 20s and live in Oklahoma. I am married with no children yet (apart from DH!). I'm fluent in Spanish, and would love to learn more languages. I enjoy cooking, but baking is more my forte.

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