Apricot Mazurka

This is one of my favorite lush desserts, and it is so moist it even quiets my thirst. I found the recipe on Flora's Recipe Hideout.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 25 mins
• Serves: 9
• Yields: 9 bars

Ingredients

• FILLING

• 24  dried apricots (halved)
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄4 cup maple syrup

• CRUST

• 1 1⁄2 cups unbleached flour
• 1⁄2 cup maple syrup
• 1 1⁄2 cups butter
• 3⁄4 cup oats
• 1  cup walnuts or 1  cup pecans

Directions

1. Simmer apricots in water about 1 hour.
2. Let cool to lukewarm, and add maple syrup. Set aside.
3. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
4. Cut together crust ingredients. Begin by making a well in the flour and then adding other ingredients; mixture will be crumbly.
5. Press one half of the dough into the bottom of a lightly oiled 9-inch square pan. Pour on apricot filling.
6. Sprinkle on remaining dough.
7. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Cool and cut.