Accompanied by the "Barbecue Basics" story in the 7-24 edition
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2 cups (12-ounce package) Hershey’s white chips, divided
2 eggs
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups flour
1/3 cup orange juice
3/4 cup cranberries, chopped
1/4 cup chopped dried apricots
1/2 cup coarsely chopped nuts
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
Melt butter in medium saucepan; stir in 1 cup white chips. Beat eggs in a large bowl until foamy. Add granulated sugar and beat until thick and pale yellow in color. Add flour, orange juice and white chip mixture. Beat just until combined. Spread one-half or batter about 1 1/4 cups, into prepared pan.
Bake 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned; remove from oven.
Stir cranberries, apricots and remaining white chips into remaining one-half of batter. Spread over top of hot baked mixture. Stir together nuts and brown sugar and sprinkle over top.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.
Makes 16 bars.
