Title: Apricot-Cardamon Bars & Apricot Icing
Categories: Dessert Apricot Applesauce Oj
Yield: 24 Servings

COOKIE BAR
1	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	c	Packed brown sugar
1/2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/4	ts	Ground cardamom
		Or 1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2	c	Apricot nectar or orange
		Juice
1/4	c	Unsweetened applesauce
2	tb	Cooking oil
1		Slightly beaten egg
1/2	c	Finely snipped dried apricos
1		Recipe Apricot Icing
APRICOT ICING
1/2	c	Powdered sugar
2		To three teaspoons apricot
		Nectar or orange juice

In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom or cloves; set aside. Stir together apricot nectar or orange juice, applesauce, oil, and egg till combined. Sit in the snipped apricots.

Spread batter in an ungreased 11x7x1-1/2-inch baking pan. Bake in a 350-degree oven about 25 minutes or till a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars. Makes 24 bars.

APRICOT ICING: In a small mixing bowl stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 to 3 teaspoons apricot nectar or orange juice.

NUTRITION FACTS PER SERVING: 67 cal., 1 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 9 mg chol., 17 mg sodium, 13 g carbo., 0 g fiber, 1 g pro. Daily Value: 3% vit. A, 3% vit. C, 0% calcium, 3% iron.

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