This recipe goes back to my days in high school Home Ec. Our class was broken down into kitchen-groups, and each group had to prepare a recipe that nobody in the group had ever prepared. One of our group members found this recipe in a pamphlet (if I'm remembering correctly). We all enjoyed it. Sometime after that when I prepared it at home, it was a hit too. I've been making it ever since.
It's super easy, and you only need 7 ingredients. I confess to being a little sentimental about this recipe --since it's history {in my family} begins with ME.
Apriscotties
1-3/4 c. quick oats
1 c. flour
1 c. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. almond extract
1/2 c. margarine
1 - 12 oz. jar apricot preserves
Grease and flour a 9" square or round pan.
Stir together oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder and almond extract.
Cut in margarine until coarse crumbs form.
Press 3 cups of the mixture into prepared pan.
Spread with preserves, leaving 1/4" margin along sides.
Top with remaining crumbs.
Enjoy! -- and Happy Second Sunday!
Check this out (Love it!)
I love this YouTube video link that a friend recently shared on Twitter.
It's an older gentleman talking about how he was encouraged by his parents to keep a journal.... Well, just watch. It's priceless really. What a legacy he is leaving to his family!
Can't wait to try this recipe, I love this story and how it is about the new memories you are making with your family and and a memory from high school perfection. Thank you for sharing, you blessed me with this.
ReplyDeleteCha Cha
I love to read through a recipe and see familiar ingredients. And, I love to see margarine used in a recipe, too. (Don't tell Paula Deen though!) These look easy and delicious! Thanks for linking up to A Well-Seasoned Life's Sweet Indulgences Sunday! http://www.wellseasonedlife.com/2011/04/sweet-indulgences-sunday-1.html
ReplyDeleteKim