Apricot Almond Squares

Ingredients

18 1/4 pkg cake mix
110 gr butter
60 gr almonds
1 1/2 apricot preserves
230 ml pkg cream cheese
50 gr sugar
16 gr all purpose flour
1 gr salt
1 egg
4 gr vanilla extract
40 gr flaked coconut

Instructions

Combine yellow cake mix and butter in large bowl. Beat at low speed until crumbly with an electric mixer. Stir in almonds. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture into a greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Carefully spreak 1 cup preserves over crumb mixture, leaving a 1 cm border. Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth; add remaining one third cup preserves, sugar, and next 4 ingredients, beating well. Carefully spread cream cheese mixture over top of preserves. Combine 1 cup reserved crumb mixture and coconut; sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. Bake at 180ÂșC for 30 minutes or until golden brown and center is set. Cool completely in baking pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares. Store in refrigerator.

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