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      Title: Apricot Meringue Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 24 servings
 
    1/2 c  Butter; (1 stick)
    3/4 c  Granulated sugar; divided
      1    Egg
    1/2 ts Vanilla
  1 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
    1/8 ts Salt
      1 c  Apricot preserves
      2    Egg whites
    1/2 c  Pecan pieces
 
  Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  Beat butter and 1/4 cup sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla.
  
  Combine flour and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to the butter
  mixture. Pat into a 9-by-13-inch pan. Cover with apricot preserves.
  
  Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup
  sugar. When very stiff, add pecan pieces. Spread over jam. Bake 35 to 40
  minutes or until firm.
  
  Yield: 24 squares.
  
  Tester's note: Easy to do; an elegant, fancy bar with an excellent taste
  and texture. I recommend cutting each square in half to make cookies into
  triangular shapes.
  
  Sue Harmon, Parkway West Middle School.
 
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