Apricot-Cardamom Bars And Apricot Icing

Recipe Ingredients

		Cookie Bar
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	80g / 2.8oz	Packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Ground cardamom
		OR 1/8 tsp. Ground cloves
1/2 cup	118ml	Apricot nectar or orange
		Juice
1/4 cup	59ml	Unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cooking oil
1		Slightly beaten egg
1/2 cup	118ml	Finely snipped dried apricots
1		Apricot icing
		Apricot Icing
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Powdered sugar
2 teaspoons	10ml	Apricot - up to three
		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 until combined. Sit in the snipped apricots.

Spread batter in an ungreased 11x7x1-1/2-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350F oven about 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars. Makes 24 bars.

APRICOT ICING: In a small mixing bowl stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.

Source:
Back of Cake Box (Janet Baker)

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