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Apricot Streusel Bars Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 c. dried apricots
1 c. sugar
1½ water
2 c. flour
2 c. old fashioned or quick oats
1 c. packed dark brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
½ lb (2 sticks) unsalted butter (melted)
1 tsp vanilla
Confectioners' Sugar for garnish
Directions:
Directions:
In medium saucepan, bring apricots white sugar and water to boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer, uncovered, stirring often, until fruit has softened and thickened into a puree, 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350º. Lightly butter 13x9 inch baking pan. Line bottom and short sides of pan with 14 inch long sheet of aluminum foil, folding the excess foil back to make handles. Butter and flour foil and long sides of pan, tapping out excess flour.

In large bowl, thoroughly mix flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda. Add melted butter and vanilla and stir well. Mixture will be crumbly. Press half of oat mixture evenly into prepared pan and spread with cooled apricot mixture. Crumble remaining oat mixture on top and gently pat into filling.

Bake until streusel topping is golden brown and looks set in center, about 30 minutes.

Transfer to wire rack and cool completely (allow a couple of hours for this) Lifting by foil handles, remove streusel from pan. Peel back foil. Cut into 3 inch by 1 inch bars. Sift confectioners' sugar over tops of bars.

Cookies can be stored at room temperature in airtight containers for up to 1 week.

 

 

 

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