Mother's lucious apricot bars (christmas)

1 Pan

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅔ cup Dried apricots
½ cup Butter/margarine; softened
¼ cup Sugar
1 cup Flour; sifted
⅓ cup Flour; sifted
½ teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 cup Brown sugar; packed
2 eaches Eggs; well beaten
½ teaspoon Vanilla
½ cup Pecans; chopped fine

Directions

CRUST

TOPPING

Cover apricots with water. Boil 10 minutes. Drain, cool and chop.

Grease 7x11x2 inch baking pan. Mix until crumbly butter, sugar and 1 cup flour. Pack evenly in pan. Bake 350~ for 25 min. or until lightly browned. Sift together ⅓ c. flour, baking powder and salt.

Beat eggs and brown sugar together. Add flour mixture, vanilla, apricots, and nuts.

Spread over baked layer. Bake 30 minutes, or until done. Cool in pan. Cut in bars. Roll in 4x sugar. Store in tin box between layers of wax paper.

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