Prune Apricot Squares Recipe
Watch out for this extra delicious Prune Apricot Squares - you can't just stop munching them. Follow this quick and easy recipe for Prune Apricot Squares and just keep munching!
Ingredients
2/1 cup cooked prunes, pitted and chopped
1/2 cup cooked, chopped dried apricots
1/3cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup shortening
Directions
Combine prunes, apricots, sugar, flour, grated lemon rind and lemon juice in a saucepan.
Cook over low heat, stirring oc- casionally until thick.
Cool.
Sift together flour and salt; add oats and brown sugar.
Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
Pack half the dough in bottom of a greased, 8-inch- square pan.
Spread cooled filling over it.
Top with remaining crumbly mixture.
Fat down lightly.
Bake in a moderate oven (350° F) about 35 minutes.
Cool.
Cut into squares.
Cook over low heat, stirring oc- casionally until thick.
Cool.
Sift together flour and salt; add oats and brown sugar.
Cut in shortening until mixture is crumbly.
Pack half the dough in bottom of a greased, 8-inch- square pan.
Spread cooled filling over it.
Top with remaining crumbly mixture.
Fat down lightly.
Bake in a moderate oven (350° F) about 35 minutes.
Cool.
Cut into squares.
