Apricot Bars With Coconut Crumble Topping Recipes

WINNING APRICOT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Fold in coconut and walnuts., Press two-thirds of dough onto the bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spread with preserves; crumble remaining dough over preserves. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

APRICOT BARS WITH COCONUT CRUMBLE TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Line 9x9 square baking pan with aluminum foil.
• Grease the foil insert.
• In a medium mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients: flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt.
• Cut the butter into the dry ingredient mixture using a sturdy pastry blender.
• Set aside 1/2 cup of the crust mixture to use for the topping later.
• Using your fingers, pack the crumb mixture into the prepared baking pan, covering the bottom of the pan evenly.
• Bake the crust for 15 minutes.
• While the crust is baking, pour the apricot preserves into a small mixing bowl and stir it up to soften.
• In another small mixing bowl, toss the toasted coconut with the reserved crust mixture.
• Remove the crust from the oven and spread the apricot preserves evenly over the top of the crust.
• Sprinkle the toasted coconut and crumb mixture over top of the preserves.
• Return to oven for about 15 minutes or until topping starts to brown slightly.
• Cool bars completely in the pan on a wire cooling rack.
• When completely cool, lift the bars out of the pan using the aluminum foil insert.
• Remove the foil, and cut into rectangles.

APRICOT COCONUT BARS

Steps:

• 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.