Name: Hungarian Apricot-Walnut Slices
Yield: Makes 27 bars, 1 × 3 inches
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, softened Grated zest of ft lemon; 1 10-ounce jar apricot preserves; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1 pound tart apples (e.g., 2 large Granny Smiths); ¾ cup sugar; 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2¼ cups flour; 1½ cups walnuts (about 5½ ounces); ½ cup dried apricots (about 2¼ ounces); 4 ounces (½ cup) cream cheese, softened; 1 egg yolk; Milk; granulated sugar

Preparation info

Makes
27

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

About

In Hungary, the old tradition of the elegant coffee house, where people congregate over coffee to enjoy a piece of pastry and the latest gossip, is still very much alive, especially at the Café Vörösmarty in Budapest, which everyone has called Gerbeaud since Swiss-born Emile Gerbeaud took it over in 1884.

Although recently reconstructed, the elegant period interior of the café, with its cane chairs, marble-topped tables, and Maria Theresa chandeliers, has been faithfully preserved.