Apricot Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. dried apricots
2 1/2 c. flour
5 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1 c. buttermilk
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 c. nuts, chopped

Preparation

Cook dried apricots in 1 cup water.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg, salt and buttermilk.
Sift flour, soda and baking powder; add nuts.
Mix with batter.
Fold in apricots.
Let stand 20 minutes.
Bake in large loaf pan for 1 1/4 hours at 350\u00b0.