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Ingredients:
- 18 1/4 oz Pkg yellow cake mix
-with pudding- 1/2 c Butter or margarine, melted
- 1/2 c Finely chopped almonds
- 1 1/2 c Apricot preserves, divided
- 8 oz Pkg cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 c Sugar
- 2 tb All-purpose flour
- 1/8 ts Salt
- 1 lg Egg
- 1 ts Vanilla extract
- 1/2 c Flaked coconut
Direction:Combine yellow cake mix and butter in large bowl. Beat
at low speed until crumbly with an electric mixer.
Stir in almonds. Reserve 1 cup crumb mixture.Press remaining crumb mixture into a greased
13x9x2-inch baking pan. Carefully spreak 1 cup
preserves over crumb mixture, leaving a 1/4 inch
border.Beat cream cheese at medium speed with an electric
mixer until smooth; add remaining 1/3 cup preserves,
sugar, and next 4 ingredients, beating well. Carefully
spread cream cheese mixture over top of preserves.Combine 1 cup reserved crumb mixture and coconut;
sprinkle over cream cheese mixture.Bake at 350F for 30 minutes or until golden brown and
center is set. Cool completely in baking pan on a wire
rack. Cut into squares. Store in refrigerator.