APRICOT
BARS
(Yield: 1½ dozen)
1 cup dried apricots, finely chopped
2 cups golden raisins
1 cup strawberry preserves
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2 cups self-rising flour
Preheat oven to 300°F. Spray a 15x10-inch jelly-roll pan
with non-stick vegetable spray.
In a large mixing bowl, combine apricots, raisins, preserves, eggs,
vanilla, and lemon rind, mixing until well blended. Stir in flour.
Spread the mixture evenly in prepared jelly-roll pan.
Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven; cut into bars.
Return to oven for 5 minutes. Remove from jelly-roll pan; cool on
a wire rack.
 
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