Apricot Slice

Made this simple, delicious and vibrant Apricot Slice for afternoon tea. Everybody loved the light tangy taste of the dried apricot and can't wait for their second helping. I think this would be great to serve on Christmas holidays as you can wrap the Apricot slices and store them in the fridge for about a week and then allow them to cool at room temperature half an hour before serving. As apricot pairs well with almond, I suggest you change the topping to almond flakes because the diced dried apricot almost turned black even I sprinkled them after 15 minutes of baking. Anyway I'm definitely going to make this again ~ A keeper for sure!

This recipe contains butter, sugar (caster), vanilla extract, salt, eggs, flour, apricots

12 Servings

Prep time: 10 min

Cook time: 30 min

Ingredients:

• 150 g. Soft butter
• 175 g. Caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. Salt
• 3 Large eggs
• 175 g. Plain flour
• 100 g. Dried apricot

Instructions:

• 1. Dice dried apricot and mix with 1 teaspoon plain flour, set aside.
• 2. Beat soft butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract till white and fluffy at medium speed.
• 3. Lower speed add eggs one at a time and beat well until incorporated
• 4. Stop machine and pour in plain flour and fold well with a rubber spatula.
• 5. Lastly add in dried apricot and mix well.
• 6. Pour batter into a 8 inch square tray (lined all sides up) and bake at preheated oven 170C for about 30 mins or skewer inserted comes out clean.