Brandied Apricot Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 cups apricots, pitted and quartered (fresh are best, but well-drained tinned apricots are fine too)
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brandy
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
6 scoops vanilla ice cream
6 shortbread cookies

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350*F Toss apricots in a bowl with the brown sugar, flour, brandy and vanilla extract.
Pour fruit into an 8-cup baking dish.
Roast in oven for 30 minutes until tender.
Share warm fruit between 6 serving bowls.
Top each bowl of fruit with a single scoop of vanilla icecream.
Drizzle icecream with juices left behind in baking dish.
Poke a shortbread cookie into the icecream.
Serve warm.