Hot And Sweet Drumsticks - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup apricot preserves
1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic (or 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder, I use 2 cloves fresh minced)
1 -2 tablespoon bottled hot sauce
12 chicken drumsticks
hot cooked rice

Preparation

For sauce~ in a small saucepan, combine preserves, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and hot pepper sauce.
Cook and stir over medium heat until preserves are melted.
Arrange drumsticks in a single layer in 13x9 baking pan.
Pour sauce over drumsticks, turning to coat.
Bake uncovered in a 350\u00b0 oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is done, spooning sauce over drumsticks once during baking.
Serve drumsticks over rice.
If desired, spoon sauce from baking pan over chicken and rice.