Honorable Mention - Contest Recipe 2008! Apricots and almond flavoring marry in a delicious fruit bar.
Apricot Bars with Cardamom-Butter Glaze
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 32
- Ingredients 16
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 large orange
- 2 cups chopped dried apricots
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Cookie Base
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 cup cold butter or margarine
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, coarsely chopped
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 to 2 teaspoons warm water
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Grate 2 teaspoons peel and squeeze juice from orange. In 2-quart saucepan, heat orange juice, orange peel, apricots, granulated sugar and 2/3 cup water to boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter; stir until melted. Mash filling with fork or potato masher until fairly smooth. Set aside.
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Step2In large bowl, mix cookie mix and 1 teaspoon cardamom. Cut in 1/2 cup butter, using pastry blender or fork, until mixture is crumbly. Add almond extract and egg; toss with fork to combine. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture.
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Step3Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of pan. Bake 15 minutes.
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Step4Spoon filling evenly over warm cookie base. Stir almonds into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over filling. Bake 25 to 30 minutes longer or until topping is light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.
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Step5In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients, using enough warm water until glaze is thin enough to drizzle. Place glaze in small resealable plastic food-storage bag; seal bag. Cut off small tip from one corner of bag. Squeeze bag to drizzle glaze over warm bars. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
150
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 150
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 16%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 130mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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