APRICOT CAKE BARS

      Title: APRICOT CAKE BARS
  Categories: Miamiherald, Desserts, Cake, Make ahead
       Yield: 16 Servings
  
     2/3 c  Dried apricots; packed
       1    Stick butter (1/2c)
     1/4 c  Sugar
   1 1/3 c  Flour
     1/2 ts Baking powder
         pn Salt
       1 c  Brown sugar
       2    Eggs
     1/2 ts Vanilla
     1/2 c  Chopped walnuts
            Confectioner's sugar
  
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Put apricots in a small pan, cover
   with water and boil gently for 10 minutes. Drain off water, cool and
   cut into small pieces. Mix the butter, sugar, and 1 cup of the flour
   together with a pastry blender until crumbly.  Press into a greased
   9-by-9-inch baking pan. Bake for about 25 minutes or until lightly
   browned. Sift together the remaining 1/3 cup flour, baking powder and
   salt. In a large bowl, beat together the brown sugar and eggs until
   light. Stir in vanilla, the flour mixture, apricots and nuts. Spread
   over the baked base. Bake for about 30 minutes or until set and
   browned. Cool, then cut into bars. Wrap and freeze. Provise a small
   bag of confectioner's sugar to sprinkle on when ready to serve.
   
   Nutritional info per serving: 206 cal; 10g fat(41%)
   
   Source: Miami Herald, 1/18/96 format by Lisa Crawford
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