Apricot Bars From Butterfingers

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Title: Apricot Bars From Butterfingers
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 1 servings

2/3 c Dried apricots
1/2 c Butter or margarine
1/4 c Sugar
1 c Flour
2 Eggs; well-beaten
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Chopped walnuts
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Packed brown sugar
1/3 c Flour
Powdered sugar

Rinse apricots, cover with water, boil 10 minutes. Cool,
drain and chop fine. Mix butter, sugar and 1 cup flour
until crumbly. Pack into greased 8" square pan and bake at
350 for 25 minutes until lightly browned.
Sift 1/3 cup flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat brown
sugar gradually into eggs. Add flour mixture and mix well.
Add vanilla, nuts and apriocots. Spread over baked layer
and bake 30 minutes longer. Cool in pan, cut into bars and
roll carefully in powdered sugar. These are not only
pretty, they are absolutely luscious and rich. From the
book Butterfingers.Jm

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