Apricot Date Fig Tea Loaves Food

APRICOT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Soak apricots in warm water for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, cream the sugar, butter and egg. Stir in orange juice. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until combined. Drain apricots well; add to batter with nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing to a wire rack.

APRICOT, DATE & FIG TEA LOAVES

Steps:

• Combine All Bran, sugar& dried fruits in a lge bowl, stir in golden syrup& tea.
• Cover& leave in cool spot to soak overnight.
• The next day reheat oven to 170C.
• Butter 2 medium (21x11x6cm) loaf tins, line the bases with baking paper, set aside.
• Stir egg then flour into frui mixture, mix well.
• Divide evenly between prepared tins, smoothing tops.
• Decorate the top of one loaf with almonds, the other with pecans.
• (hey why not try a mix of both) Bake for about 55 mins to 1 hr or until golden and cooked through.
• IF the loaves start to get too brown on top, loosely cover with foil.
• Skewer test, if clean, remove from oven.
• Cool in tins for 10 minutes then turn onto rack, cool completely.
• ::Glaze::.
• Combine jam and water in heavy based saucepan, bring to boil whilst stirring all the time.
• Boil 5 minutes till thick and syrupy.
• Brush over loaves and let set.
• Serve with butter if u can afford the calories.

APRICOTS BAKED IN FIG LEAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly butter two medium baking dishes. Sprinkle each dish with 1/2 teaspoon sugar; set aside.
• Place a fig leaf, dark-side down, on a work surface. Place an apricot half, cut-side up, in center of leaf. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon sugar, and dot with 1/2 teaspoon butter. Wrap leaf around apricot to enclose. Place, seam-side down, in prepared dish. Repeat with remaining apricots, placing 4 wrapped apricots in each dish. Brush packets with remaining 3 1/2 teaspoons butter and sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons sugar. Sprinkle lemon zest evenly over the packets. Bake until fruit is soft when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 20 minutes. Serve topped with a scoop of ice cream.

APRICOT TEA LOAF

Steps:

• Soak apricots in hot tea for 1 hour till tea is absorbed.
• Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
• Grease and line loaf pan - 13cms x 25cms.
• With electric mixer, cream butter and sugar
• Add egg and beat well.
• Fold in flour and apricots.
• Spoon into prepared pan.
• Bake 40-45 minutes.
• Cool in tin for 5 minutes then turn onto wire rack to cool.

APRICOT DATE SQUARES

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the water, sugar and dates. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes or until mixture is reduced to 1-1/3 cups and is slightly thickened, stirring occasionally. , Remove from the heat. Stir in spreadable fruit until blended; set aside. In a food processor, combine the oats, flour, coconut, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. Add butter; cover and process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. , Press 3 cups crumb mixture into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Spread date mixture to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture; press down gently. , Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.

DATE AND APRICOT LOAF

Steps:

• Add dates to hot coffee and allow to soften and cool.
• Add vanilla and butter to the date mixture.
• In a separate bowl, mix flour with sugar and cinnamon. Make a well in the centre, add coffee mixture.
• Mix through, add eggs and stir until just combined.
• Add dried apricots and walnuts, stir through but do not overmix.
• Bake in a loaf pan at 180 degrees (350) for one hour; if top browns too quickly cover with foil. Test with a skewer.

FIRST PLACE APRICOT-DATE BARS

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup of brown sugar into a saucepan along with the dates and apricots; pour in the apricot nectar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, until the nectar has mostly evaporated and the mixture is sticky, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Grease a baking sheet.
• Stir the melted shortening and vanilla extract into 1 cup of brown sugar in a large bowl until no lumps remain. Stir in the flour mixture and oats; work well with your hands until the mixture is evenly combined. Press half of the oat mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread the cooled apricot mixture evenly over the oats, then press the remaining oat mixture evenly over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars and serving.