Apricot Squares – We Love God!

Sometimes people are careless and speak disparagingly of all human righteousness, as if there were no such thing that pleased God. They often cite Isaiah 64:6 which says our righteousness is as filthy rags. It is true – gloriously true – that none of God’s people, before or after the cross, would be accepted by an immaculately holy God if the perfect righteousness of Christ were not imputed to us (Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21). But that does not mean that God does not produce in those “justified” people (before and after the cross) an experiential righteousness that is not “filthy rags.” In fact, He does; and this righteousness is precious to God and is required, not as the ground of our justification (which is the righteousness of Christ only), but as an evidence of our being truly justified children of God.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Cookie	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Stick butter
1/3	c	Sugar
1	c	All purpose flour, sifted
1/2	t	Vanilla
2/3	c	Chopped dried apricots
2		Eggs, beaten
1	c	Dark brown sugar, packed
1/3	c	All-purpose flour, sifted
1/2	t	Baking powder
1/4	t	Salt
1/2	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	t	Vanilla
		Confectioner's sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

From: Sherri Eastman <eastman@solstice.jpl.nasa.gov>  Date: 19 May 1994
14:18:20 -0400  Apricot Squares, from "Delicious Desserts" by Sylvia
Balser Hirsch.  A very popular fruit square that's baked in two layers.
Be sure to  start the apricots for the topping before you make the base
so they  can cool.  Butter an 8 x 8 inch pan.  Preheat oven to 350
degrees.  Cream the  butter with the sugar, add the flour and the
vanilla, blending well,  then press into the bottom of the pan. Bake
for 20 minutes.  Topping: Boil the apricots for about ten minutes in
water to cover,  drain and cool.  Combine the eggs with the brown sugar
and beat until  light. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt and add
to the egg  mixture. Add apricots, nuts and vanilla. Blend mixture and
spread  evenly over base. Return to oven and bake about 30 - 35
minutes.  Cool. Cut into squares and dust with confectioner's sugar.
Makes 16  squares.  REC.FOOD.RECIPES ARCHIVES  /COOKIES  From
rec.food.cooking archives.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe  Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 204 Calories From Fat: 77 Total Fat: 8.9g Cholesterol: 38.5mg Sodium: 66mg Potassium: 119.3mg Carbohydrates: 29.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 20.6g Protein: 2.7g