Apricot Tea Delight Recipes

APRICOT DELIGHTS

Steps:

• In food processor or blender, process orange juice and apricots until pureed.
• Combine apricot mixture and 2 cups sugar in a medium saucepan.
• Over medium high heat, stirring constantly, bring to boil.
• Keep stirring, reduce heat to medium and boil 12-14 minutes.
• Remove from heat and cool for 20 minutes.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture into a small bowl of sugar.
• Press a pecan half into top of each candy.
• Spoon sugar over candy to coat.
• Sprinkle a sheet of wax paper with sugar.
• Use a fork to carefully transfer candy to paper.
• Store between sheets of waxed papers in airtight container.

APRICOT DELIGHT

Steps:

• Drain fruit and reserve juice.
• Dissolve gelatin in hot water, add 1/2 cup juice, and chill until partially set.
• Fold in fruit. Pour in a 9"x9"x2" pan. Top with marshmallows. Chill until set. Cover with whipped cream. Garnish with nuts.

LAYERED APRICOT DELIGHT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl beat flour and butter until blended.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Spread mixture into bottom of a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• cool in dish on a wire rack.
• In a medium saucepan, combine granulated sugar, cornstarch and gelatin.
• Reserving juice, drain and slice apricots.
• Add enough water to reserved apricot juice to make 1 3/4 cups.
• Stir juice mixture into sugar mixture.
• Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and becomes clear (about 26 minutes).
• Cool to room temperature.
• Stir apricots into gelatin mixture.
• In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners sugar, and vanilla until fluffy.
• Fold in whipped cream.
• Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled crust.
• Spoon apricot mixture over cream cheese layer.
• Cover and chill 4 hours or until set.
• To serve, cut into 3-inch squares.
• Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

APRICOT TEA

Steps:

• Combine the apricot nectar, cinnamon sticks, orange peel, and lemon peel in a saucepan and simmer over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the tea and stir to mix all the ingredients together. Remove the cinnamon sticks and the orange and lemon peel and pour 6 ounces of the mixture into each of 4 cups. Add the brown sugar, if desired.