Snack

Apricot Walnut Bars is for Snack.

Apricot Walnut Bars takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Apricot Walnut Bars takes 25 minutes to cook.

Apricot Walnut Bars makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Apricot Walnut Bars are:

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) cold butter, cut into 12 pieces
2 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup apricot preserves
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (3 oz)

Here is how you make Apricot Walnut Bars:

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan and line with 1 sheet of foil, leaving a 2-inch overhang on 2 opposite sides, then butter foil.Pulse flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with some roughly pea-size butter lumps. Add yolks and vanilla and pulse just until clumps of dough form, about 30 seconds. Press three fourths of dough evenly onto bottom of pan, then spread with apricot preserves. Crumble remaining dough over preserves and sprinkle evenly with walnuts.Bake until top is golden brown and preserves are bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack. Lift from pan by grasping both ends of foil. Cut into 16 bars and lift bars off foil with a spatulaNumber of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CHRISTINEDC.

The nutritional information for Apricot Walnut Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 212.9

• Total Fat: 12.9 g
• Cholesterol: 48.9 mg
• Sodium: 75.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
• Protein: 2.4 g