Apricot Slice (Bars) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
120 g margarine (4 oz) or 120 g butter (4 oz)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk
1 cup plain flour
1 cup dried apricot, chopped
3/4 cup desiccated coconut

Preparation

Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C ( 350 - 360\u00b0F ).
Soak the apricots in the milk and set aside for 30 minutes.
Using electric beaters, cream the margarine with the sugar.
To the cream margarine - add the eggs and beat well. Add the flour, vanilla and coconut. Then add the apricot and milk mixture.
Spread the mixture into a greased slice tin ( 18 x 7 inches).
Bake for 30 minutes
Slice can be topped with lemon icing if desired and more cocnut sprinkled over for decoration.
Cool slice in the tin and cut when cold.