Apricot Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. oleo
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. coconut
1 c. nuts (walnuts or pecans)
1 (10 oz.) jar apricot preserves

Preparation

You
may
cream butter, sugar, egg; add dry ingredients in usual
manner
or
mix
with
pastry blender as you do pie crust. (I\tcut the sugar into the oleo with a fork and knife, then add the other ingredients, except preserves; it's best if you
don't get the mixture creamy, just crumbly.) Reserve 3/4 cup
mix
for topping.
Grease
and
flour
9
x 13-inch pan. Spread
or\tpat mix into pan.
Spread with apricot preserves. Crumble
or
spread 3/4 cup reserved mix on top.
Bake for 30 minutes at 350\u00b0 (do not overbake).