Spiced Apricot Bars

Not sure where this one came from; one of the holiday baking mini-magazines, I think. Posted for safekeeping.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 24 bars

Ingredients

• Bars

• 1  cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1  egg, slightly beaten
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  apricot nectar or 1⁄2 cup  orange juice
• 1⁄4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 1⁄2  finely snipped  dried apricot

• Apricot Icing

• 1⁄2 cup  sifted powdered sugar
• 3  teaspoons  apricot nectar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and cardamom; set aside.
3. Mix together until combined the egg, brown sugar, apricot nectar, applesauce, and oil.
4. Add wet ingredients to flour mixture, stirring just to combine. Stir in apricots.
5. Spread in an ungreased 11x7 pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours, then drizzle with icing and cut into bars.
6. To make icing: In a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar and enough apricot nectar to bring to drizzling consistency.