Apricot Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. dried apricots
1 egg
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. melted butter
2 c. flour
1 c. chopped nuts
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. orange juice
1/4 c. water

Preparation

Soak apricots
1/2 hour.
Drain and chop or cut up with scissors.
Beat egg until
light;
stir in sugar and mix well. Stir in butter.
Sift
flour
with rest of dry ingredients and add alternately with orange
juice
and
water.
Add
nuts and apricots and mix well.
Pour batter into well greased loaf pan ( 9 x 5-inches) and bake
for
1
hour
and 15 minutes in 350\u00b0 oven. (Also makes 3 small loaves, baked about 1 hour.)