Dessert

Spiced Apricot Bars is for Dessert.

Spiced Apricot Bars takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Spiced Apricot Bars takes 20 minutes to cook.

Spiced Apricot Bars makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Spiced Apricot Bars are:

Bars:
1 cup whole wheat flour (or all-purpose)
1/2 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t ground cardamom or 1/8 t ground nutmeg
1 slightly beaten egg
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup apricot nectar or orange juice
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 T cooking oil
1/2 cup finely snipped (or chopped) dried apricots

Apricot Icing:
1/2 cup sifted powder sugar
2 to 3 t. apricot nectar or orange juice

Here is how you make Spiced Apricot Bars:

1. In a medium bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom; set aside. In another bowl stir together the egg, brown sugar, apricot nectar (or orange juice), applesauce, and oil until combined. Add egg mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in the apricots.2. Spread batter in an ungreased 11x7x1.5" baking pan. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 2 hours. Drizzle with apricot icing. Cut into 24 bars.Apricot Icing: In a small bowl stir together 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar and enough apricot nectar or orange juice (2 to 3 t.) to make icing of drizzling consistency.Note: I used orange juice in the bars and icing, so nutrition info was calculated using orange juice.Also the pan size is kind of a weird size, but I just used a slightly bigger pan and did not spread it all the way to the corners or it would have been too thin. It stayed in place just fine.Makes 24 bars, 1 serving = 1 barNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KDA1981.

The nutritional information for Spiced Apricot Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 67.6

• Total Fat: 1.5 g
• Cholesterol: 8.9 mg
• Sodium: 28.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 13.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 1.1 g

The dietary needs meet for Spiced Apricot Bars is Low Fat