Apricot Bars

• 3/4 c. oleo
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
• 2 c. flour
• 1 1/2 c. coconut
• 1 c. nuts (walnuts or pecans)
• 1 (10 oz.) jar apricot preserves

1. You
2. may
3. cream butter, sugar, egg; add dry ingredients in usual
4. manner
5. or
6. mix
7. with
8. pastry blender as you do pie crust. (Itut the sugar into the oleo with a fork and knife, then add the other ingredients, except preserves; it's best if you
9. don't get the mixture creamy, just crumbly.) Reserve 3/4 cup
10. mix
11. for topping.
12. Grease
13. and
14. flour
15. 9
16. x 13-inch pan. Spread
17. ortat mix into pan.
18. Spread with apricot preserves. Crumble
19. or
20. spread 3/4 cup reserved mix on top.
21. Bake for 30 minutes at 350u0b0 (do not overbake).

oleo, sugar, egg, vanilla, salt, flour, coconut, nuts, apricot preserves

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=926973 (may not work)