Apricot Coconut Bars
Just a wonderful combination of apricots, coconut, condensed milk to make a delicious fruity bar cookie. Sometimes I use a 6 ounce package Sunkist Fruit Bits instead of the apricots.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1⁄2
- 1⁄4cup sugar
- 1 1⁄3cups flour
- 1⁄2teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4teaspoon salt
- 2
- 15ounces condensed milk
- 1⁄2cup flaked coconut
- 6ounces dried apricots, finely chopped
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place butter, sugar and 1 cup flour in a large bowl.
- Cut butter in with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
- Press crumbs firmly into bottom of a greased 9 inch square pan to make a crust.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven to a wire rack to cool.
- Combine the remaining 1/3 cup flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, condensed milk, coconut, and apricots in a medium bowl.
- Mix well.
- Spread mixture evenly over crust.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
- Cool in pan.