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Apricot Slice

Name: Apricot Slice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: Unsalted butter 125 g; Caster sugar 1 cup; Vanilla extract 1 tsp; Eggs 2; Self-rising flour 1 ½ cups; Sour cream ½ cup; Apricots 8; Lemon juice 1 tbsp; Coconut flakes ⅓ cup; Confectioners' sugar

Australian apricot bars

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45m
Serves 16
Easy
350 °F
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Ingredients

	125 g Unsalted butter at room temperature
	1 cup Caster sugar plus 2 tbsp, divided
	1 tsp Vanilla extract
	2 Eggs
	1 ½ cups Self-rising flour sifted
	½ cup Sour cream
	8 Apricots ripe, halved, stone removed
	1 tbsp Lemon juice
	⅓ cup Coconut flakes or almond flakes
	Confectioners' sugar for dusting

Nutritional information

153

calories

fat

15.9g

carbohydrates

protein

65mg

cholesterol

65mg

sodium

Ingredients

125 g Unsalted butter
at room temperature
1 cup Caster sugar
plus 2 tbsp, divided
1 tsp Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
1 ½ cups Self-rising flour
sifted
½ cup Sour cream
8 Apricots
ripe, halved, stone removed
1 tbsp Lemon juice
⅓ cup Coconut flakes
or almond flakes
Confectioners' sugar
for dusting

Apricot Slice

As soon as the fresh apricots start showing up in the summer farmers’ markets, I whip up this Apricot Slice for a deliciously simple treat. Delightfully light and moist, these apricot bars are filled with sweetness and great texture. Sweet and tart stone fruits like plums, peaches, or nectarines will work instead of apricots, too.

Here, the apricots are tossed with a splash of lemon juice and a sprinkle of sugar to enhance their flavor before baking on top of the sweet cake base. The simple cake base is made with butter, sugar, eggs, self-rising flour, and sour cream and flavored with a hint of vanilla. I top the slices with coconut flakes, but you could also use almond flakes. Dust the bars with confectioners’ sugar before serving, and enjoy!

To make the Apricot Slice, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingridiens for Apricot Slice

Steps to make Apricot Slice

1	Heat oven and prepare baking pan	5
Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Lightly grease a 7 x 11-inch baking pan and line with parchment paper. Lightly grease the paper too.
2	Cream butter and sugar.	3
Using an electric mixer, cream together 125 grams unsalted butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
3	Add vanilla
Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
4	Add eggs	2
Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5	Add flour and sour cream	2
Fold in 1 ½ cups self-rising flour and ½ cup sour cream alternately into the creamed mixture, starting and ending with the flour.
6	Spoon batter into baking pan	1
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
7	Bake	15
Bake the base for 15 minutes.
8	Prepare apricots	2
In the meantime, toss 8 halved apricots with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and the remaining 2 tablespoons caster sugar in a bowl.
9	Add topping	2
Remove the base from the oven and arrange the apricot halves cut-side up over the partially cooked base. Sprinkle with ⅓ cup coconut flakes.
10	Bake	20
Bake for another 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
11	Cool
Remove from the oven and cool in the pan for 5 minutes, before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
12	Serve
Dust with confectioners’ sugar, then cut into squares and serve.

Easy to make, this Apricot Slice makes a great summer treat for the whole family! Like this recipe? Let us know! Share it with friends on Instagram and don’t forget to tag us @cookmerecipes. We love seeing what you’ve made!

Lilly Mathuse

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