Winning Apricot Bars

prize winning and super simple
Prize winning and super simple
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Ingredients

¾ cup Butter softened
1 cup Sugar
1 Large eggs room temperature
½ tsp Vanilla extract
2 cups All-purpose flour
¼ tsp Baking powder
1 ⅓ cups Shredded coconut sweetened
½ cup Walnuts chopped
10 to 12 ounces Apricot preserves

Nutritional information

195
calories
10g
fat
27g
carbohydrates
2g
protein
23mg
cholesterol
72mg
sodium
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Winning Apricot Bars

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The title of these Winning Apricot Bars says it all really – they are prize winning! No seriously, I entered them in my son’s school charity bake off last year and they won first prize! They are so easy to make too – simply make some dough by creaming some butter and sugar. Then add the egg, vanilla, flour, coconut and walnuts.

The recipe uses apricot preserves as a topping and I love to use my Apricot Jam for this. Don’t worry if you don’t have time to make your own though – store bought preserves will work just fine too! Spread the preserves on top of the dough and bake for 30-35 minutes. So simple, so delicious!

To make the Winning Apricot Bars, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingridiens for Winning Apricot Bars

So, how do you make Winning Apricot Bars?

Steps to make Winning Apricot Bars

1

Heat the oven and prepare a baking pan

5

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Grease a 13x9 inch baking pan.

2

Cream butter and sugar

2

Cream the butter and sugar together in a large baking bowl.

3

Add egg and vanilla

1

Add the egg and vanilla and beat well to incorporate.

4

MIx flour and baking powder

1

In a separate bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together.

5

Add flour to make dough

2

Slowly add the flour to the creamed butter, sugar and eggs. Mix well.

6

Fold in walnuts and coconut

1

Gently fold in the walnuts and coconut.

7

Press dough into pan

5

Place ⅔ of the dough in the baking pan and press it in with your fingers.

8

Spread preserves on top

5

Spread the apricot preserves on the dough and crumble the remaining dough over the preserves.

9

Bake

35

Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes until golden on top.

10

Cool

Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.

11

Serve

These Winning Apricot Bars really are prize-winningly delicious! Try making a batch soon and don’t forget to tag #cookmerecipes in your baking posts!

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Athina

So easy and delicious!!

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