Apricot Squares
  • Yield: 12 or more
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
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Apricot Squares

By February 23, 2020

Apricot Squares
Apricot squares are made with canned apricots and a soft crust with a hint of lemon zest to make these squares delicious.

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If you are looking to some delicious APRICOT SQUARES you are in the right place.

Apricot Squares
Apricot squares are made with a soft dough and I'm using canned apricots.

These delicious little apricot squares can be made with fresh, frozen or canned apricots and they will taste lovely. Take a few minutes to view our video and check out the photos and recipe, not a lot of steps to this recipe but you do have to make the crust from scratch.

Apricot Squares
Cook your apricot down and add sugar, lemon juice and zest to make a filling.
Apricot Squares
These recipe is made with a dough crust, but it starts out like a batter.

See how easy it is to make them, continue on to our recipe and I will share a few more pictures to follow as well.

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Ingredients

Instructions

Method for filling:

  • Clean and cut apricots in pieces and remove stone.
  • In a small saucepan, add apricots and sugar start cooking on a low heat until it starts to condense and thicken.
  • Remove from heat and add lemon zest and lemon, stir and pour over half the crust and place the other half on top of apricots.

Method for dough:

  • In a large bowl add butter and sugar mix together until creamy.
  • Sift in 2 cups flour, leaving 1/2 cup to work the dough, sea salt and baking powder, then slowly fold milk through mixture.
  • Continue doing this until all combined and start to form into a ball and kneading the dough together, by hand or kitchen aid, if you need more milk you can use a small about.
  • After your dough is formed into a ball cut in half and start with the first half and roll it out about a 1/4 inch, on a piece of parchment paper or dusting the counter top with flour so the dough don’t stick.
  • After you finished rolling the dough out flatten in the sides, place the dough on your cookie sheet and spread the filling over the dough and then roll the other piece of dough on a piece of parchment paper the same as the other piece. 
  • When finished place the top layer of dough on filling, 9 x 9 inch cookie sheet.
  • Pre-heat your oven to 350ºF and bake for 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and let cool, cut to any size you wish and trim the sides if a little rough. Serve with a cup of tea. 

BAKING TIPS: 

  • Let your dough cool in the fridge for 5 to 10 minutes to harden the butter before rolling dough.
  • Having the filling made the day before or a few hours so it can be totally cold before using.
  • If fresh apricots are not available use frozen or dried following the same method. 
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Apricot Squares
Apricot squares are made with canned apricots and a soft crust with a hint of lemon zest to make these squares delicious.

Anytime of year is good for making tasty little squares or cookies, but usually around Christmas time I zero in on what cookies and cakes I would like to make to share with family and friends that visit over that season. These have always mean one of my favourite squares. They are easy to make and goes lovely with a cup of tea, so if you don’t believe me check out our short video and recipe. I have more links I will share with you today and photos to enjoy.

Apricot Squares
Apricot squares made with a soft crust and homemade apricot filling,so delicious.

You can also make these lovely squares with dried apricots as well, they freeze lovely if you wish to make a batch in advance before you are ready to serve them and they will be lovely. You can’t just eat one and they make a great dessert if you were having a High Tea Party.

Traditional Newfoundland Date Crumbles

Traditional Newfoundland Date Crumbles
Traditional Newfoundland Date Crumbles made with pitted dates, brown sugar, rolled oats and so much more.

These date crumbles are another dessert that will be lovely to make in advance and freeze lovely.

Apricot Squares
After you make the dough roll it out and place it on the cookie sheet, put a layer of apricot filling on top.
Apricot Squares
Layer the dough with apricot filling.
Apricot Squares
Top with the other piece of rolled dough and bake.
Apricot Squares
Thank you for stopping by and from our kitchen to yours, have a lovely day…from me and RMHussey Productions

So have I convinced you yet to make these delicious APRICOT SUARES, if so enjoy to the fullest. Please leave me a message telling me your thoughts and if you made them. Thank you for taking the time to stop by and read our blog and recipe. From our kitchen to yours take care and have a wonderful day. 🙂 Bonita

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