Apricot-Cardamom Bars Recipe - Cooking Index

Apricot-Cardamom Bars

Type: Fruit
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 24 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup  All-purpose flour
1/2 cup  Brown sugar - packed
1/2 teaspoon  Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon  Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon  Ground cardamom - or...
1/8 teaspoon  - ground cloves
1/2 cup  Apricot nectar - or- orange juice
1/4 cup  Unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons  Cooking oil
1   Egg - slightly beaten
1/2 cup  Dried apricots - (finely snipped)
  Apricot Icing
1/2 cup  Powdered sugar
3 teaspoons  Apricot nectar - or- orange juice

Recipe Instructions

In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom or cloves; set aside. Stir together apricot nectar or orange juice, applesauce, oil, and egg till combined. Add to dry ingredients, stirring till just combined.

Stir in the snipped apricots. Spread batter in an ungreased 11 x 7 x 1-1/2-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350 F oven about 25 minutes or till a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars.

Apricot Icing: In a small mixing bowl, stir together 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.

Source:
Back of Cake Box (Janet Baker)

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