Apricot Almond Bars

Recipe Ingredients

		Crust
1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	Flour
3/4		Confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter or margarine - softened
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Shortening
		Topping
1		Egg - lightly beaten
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	118ml	Apricot preserves
1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter or margarine - softened
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Vanilla
1 cup	93g / 3.3oz	Sliced almonds

Recipe Instructions

In a mixing bowl, beat flour, sugar, butter and shortening. Pat into bottom and 1/2" up the sides of an ungreased 13x9x2" baking pan.

Bake at 350F for 15-18 minutes or until lightly browned. For topping, beat egg, sugar, preserve, butter and vanilla in a mixing bowl until smooth. Spread over hot crust. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350F. for 15-20 minutes. Cool.

Source:
Taste of Home, Dec/Jan '94, p. 23

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