Apricot Cherry Bake Recipes

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 13-by-9-inch Pyrex baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. Stir in butter with a fork until well mixed and clumps have formed. Spread 1 1/2 packed cups of oat mixture over the bottom of the pan, pressing to form a thin crust.
• Mix coconut, almonds, cherries, apricots and milk in a large bowl. Pour over crust, using a rubber spatula to evenly distribute and press down. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over dried fruit filling.
• Bake until lightly golden, about 30 minutes. Cool to room temperature. (You can cover and store at room temperature up to 2 days.)
• To serve, cut into generous 1 1/2-inch squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Soak apricots in warm water for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, cream the sugar, butter and egg. Stir in orange juice. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until combined. Drain apricots well; add to batter with nuts. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool 10 minutes in pan before removing to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 2-quart baking dish; set aside. In a large bowl, toss the fruit with the flour and 1 cup sugar. Place in prepared baking dish.
• On a lightly floured work surface, roll out pate brisee into a 12-inch round. Cut into four 3-inch strips; then cut strips crosswise into 3- or 4-inch pieces. Place over fruit mixture in a patchlike pattern. Refrigerate dough about 30 minutes.
• Lightly brush the dough with water, and sprinkle with remaining 4 teaspoons sugar. Transfer to oven; bake until crust is golden brown and the juices are bubbling, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool before serving.

Steps:

• Place flour, salt, and sugar in a foodprocessor; pulse a few times to combine.Add butter; process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds.With machine running, add ice water a few tablespoons at a time through thefeed tube, just until dough holds together.Do not process more than 30 seconds.
• Turn out dough onto a floured worksurface. Divide in half, and flatten toformdisks. Wrap each in plastic; refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Mix fruit, 1/3 cup sugar, 2 T flour and orange juice together.
• Turn into shallow buttered 2 quart baking dish.
• Let stand 15-20 minutes.
• Mix oats, 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon together.
• Cut in butter using pastry blender or by rubbing between your fingers until topping resembles coarse meal.
• Squeeze topping together to make small clumps, sprinkle on top of fruit.
• Bake at 375 F for 45-50 minutes.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place almonds on a baking sheet and bake in the preheating oven until fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Place apricot wedges in an overlapping pattern in individual gratin dishes or a baking dish. Mix almonds and brown sugar and scatter over apricots.
• Bake in the preheated oven until apricots are bubbly, 20 to 25 minutes.