2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
4 c. flour
1 1/3 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 c. brown sugar
8 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. chopped nuts
2 1/3 c. chopped apricots (dried apricots, cooked until soft enough to cut)
Enough powdered sugar to sprinkle top of bars

CRUST:

Mix butter, 1 cup sugar, 4 cups flour. Spread in greased full sheet size cake pan with parchment lining bottom. Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

FILLING:

Mix 1 1/3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoons salt. Set aside.

Cream 4 cups brown sugar with 8 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients that have been set aside. Add 2 cups chopped nuts, 2 1/3 cups chopped apricots. Mix all ingredients together well.

Spread mixture onto previously baked crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cool. Cut into squares.