Layered Apricot Delight

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 (3 ounce) package apricot gelatin
• 2 (15 ounce) cans apricot halves in light syrup
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whipping cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a medium bowl beat flour and butter until blended.
• 3 stir in walnuts.
• 4 spread mixture into bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• 5 bake 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• 6 cool in dish on a wire rack.
• 7 in a medium saucepan, combine granulated sugar, cornstarch and gelatin.
• 8 reserving juice, drain and slice apricots.
• 9 add enough water to reserved apricot juice to make 1 3/4 cups.
• 10 stir juice mixture into sugar mixture.
• 11 stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and becomes clear (about 26 minutes).
• 12 cool to room temperature.
• 13 stir apricots into gelatin mixture.
• 14 in a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and vanilla until fluffy.
• 15 fold in whipped cream.
• 16 spread cream cheese mixture over cooled crust.
• 17 spoon apricot mixture over cream cheese layer.
• 18 cover and chill 4 hours or until set.
• 19 to serve, cut into 3-inch squares.
• 20 store in an airtight container in refrigerator.