CHOCOLATE CHIP APRICOT BARS

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Categories     Food Processor     Chocolate     Dessert     Bake     Kid-Friendly     Apricot     Pecan     Gourmet     Kidney Friendly     Vegetarian     Pescatarian     Peanut Free     Soy Free     Kosher     Small Plates

Yield Makes 16 bars

Number Of Ingredients 13

For apricot filling
6 ounces dried apricots (about 1 cup firmly packed), chopped fine
1/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For chocolate chip mixture
1 1/3 cups pecans (about 4 ounces)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits
confectioners' sugar for sprinkling bars

Steps:

  • Make apricot filling:
  • In a 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan combine apricots, granulated sugar, and water and simmer, covered, 15 minutes. Remove lid and simmer mixture, stirring and mashing apricots, until excess liquid is evaporated and filling is thickened. Stir in vanilla.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. and grease and flour an 8-inch-square baking pan, knocking out excess flour.
  • Make chocolate chip mixture:
  • In a shallow baking pan toast pecans in middle of oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes, and cool. In a food processor pulse pecans, flour, brown sugar, and salt until pecans are coarsely chopped. Add chocolate chips and butter and pulse until pecan mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  • Press about half of chocolate chip mixture onto bottom of prepared baking pan and spread evenly with apricot filling. Crumble remaining chocolate chip mixture evenly over apricot filling, pressing it down slightly, and bake confection in middle of oven 1 hour, or until golden. Cool confection completely in pan on a rack. Sprinkle confection with confectioners' sugar and cut into 16 bars.

Dennis Espana
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My kids loved these bars! They're the perfect after-school snack, and they're also great for lunchboxes. I love that they're made with whole wheat flour, and the apricots add a nice touch of sweetness. I will definitely be making these again!


Abdikadir Yussuf
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I'm so glad I found this recipe! These bars are so easy to make, and they're always a hit with my family and friends. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the inside,


Stylish Art
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These bars were delicious! I loved the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars were the perfect texture. They were chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will definitely be making these again!


System The One
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I've made these bars several times now, and they're always a hit! They're so easy to make, and they're always delicious. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the insi


Sadiq Sadiq
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These bars are so easy to make, and they're always a hit! I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will definitely be ma


Felisa rosalinda Mangu abeso
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I made these bars for a party, and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them, and I even got several requests for the recipe. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the


Bonie Konar
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My kids loved these bars! They're the perfect after-school snack, and they're also great for lunchboxes. I love that they're made with whole wheat flour, and the apricots add a nice touch of sweetness. I will definitely be making these again!


Michael Eckert
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I'm so glad I found this recipe! These bars are so easy to make, and they're always a hit with my family and friends. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the inside,


Afrin Akthar
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These bars were delicious! I loved the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars were the perfect texture. They were chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will definitely be making these again!


Abdu Ayimed
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I've made these bars several times now, and they're always a hit! They're so easy to make, and they're always delicious. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the insi


Ali Algazwy
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These bars are so easy to make, and they're always a hit! I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will definitely be ma


Teresa Willis
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I made these bars for a party, and they were a huge hit! Everyone loved them, and I even got several requests for the recipe. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the


Parkash Chauhan
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My kids loved these bars! They're the perfect after-school snack, and they're also great for lunchboxes. I love that they're made with whole wheat flour, and the apricots add a nice touch of sweetness. I will definitely be making these again!


Azmat Chohan
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I'm so glad I found this recipe! These bars are so easy to make, and they're always a hit with my family and friends. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the inside,


Farok Islam
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These bars were delicious! I loved the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars were the perfect texture. They were chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will definitely be making these again!


Muhammad Yaseen Dahri
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I've made these bars several times now, and they're always a hit! They're so easy to make, and they're always delicious. I love the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars are the perfect texture. They're chewy and gooey on the insi


TOURKY GAMING
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These bars were so easy to make, and they turned out so delicious! I loved the combination of chocolate chips and apricots, and the bars were the perfect texture. They were chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust on the outside. I will def


Witness cossa Lazarus
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I'm not a huge fan of apricots, but these bars were surprisingly good! The chocolate chips helped to balance out the tartness of the apricots, and the bars were really moist and flavorful. I would definitely make these again, even if I'm not a huge f


Latif Ullah
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These Chocolate Chip Apricot Bars were a hit! They were easy to make and turned out perfectly. The combination of chocolate chips and apricots was delicious, and the bars were the perfect texture - chewy and gooey on the inside, with a crispy crust o