Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1                cup  all-purpose flour
  1                cup  firmly packed brown sugar
  1           Teaspoon  baking powder
     1/4      Teaspoon  baking soda
     1/4      Teaspoon  ground cardamom or
     1/8      Teaspoon  ground cloves
  1                cup  apricot nectar or orange juice
     1/4           cup  unsweetened applesauce
  2          Tablespoon canola oil
  2                     slightly beaten egg whites
  1                cup  finely snipped dried apricots
  1                cup  powdered sugar
  3           Teaspoon  apricot nectar or orange juice

Preparation:

In medium mixing bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cardamom (or cloves); set aside. Stir together apricot nectar (or OJ), applesauce, oil and egg until combined. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just until combined, and stir in snipped apricots. Spread batter into an ungreased 11x7x2 baking pan. Bake in 350 F oven about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. Drizzle with Apricot Icing. Cut into bars. Apricot Icing: In small mixing bowl, stir together 1 c. powdered sugar and 2 to 3 tsp. Apricot nectar.

Nutritional Information:

4338 Calories (kcal); 437g Total Fat; (89% calories from fat); 13g Protein; 103g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 320mg Sodium