Nutty Apricot Bars

Ingredients

12 apricots
350 gr sugar
170 gr butter
250 gr flour all-purpose
2 gr baking soda
1 gr salt
30 gr coconut flaked
120 gr pecans
1/4 liquid
180 ml sugar in a saucepan
200 gr sugar

Instructions

crust, spreading to within 1 cm from edge of pan. Sprinkle with remaining coconut mixture. Bake an additional 30 minutes. Let cool in pan; chill. Cut into bars. Store in refrigerator. Yield: about 4 dozen. From the Southern Living Cookbook