Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, apricot squares. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Apricot Squares is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Apricot Squares is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook apricot squares using 7 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Apricot Squares:

1. Get 2 sticks butter (softened)
2. Get 2 cups flour
3. Take 1 cup sugar
4. Prepare 1 egg yolk
5. Make ready 1 (12 oz) jar of apricot jam
6. Take 3/4 cup Finely chopped pecans (or walnuts, your choice)
7. Make ready Powered sugar

Steps to make Apricot Squares:

1. Cream butter with sugar, mix well
2. Add egg yolk, mix until fluffy
3. Add flour and mix until dough is formed. Dough will be soft when finished.
4. Divide dough in half. Set one aside and flatten the other half in a 9×13 pan
5. Once flattened, spread your jam evenly over the dough.
6. Sprinkle pieces of the other half of dough on top of the jam. Try to cover completely, as best as you can.
7. Gently press down dough with a spatula
8. Add crushed pecans or walnuts
9. Set oven to 350° and bake for 40-45 minutes
10. When finished baking, dough should be a very light golden brown (almost the same color as they were when they went in the oven.. it'll be "hard" to tell if they're done, but if you see some of the apricot bubbling, they're done)
11. Sprinkle on your powered sugar
12. Cut into 1 inch squares and enjoy!!

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