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Gluten-free Recipe: Chocolate Apricot Slice

14 Jul

Choc apricot slice 1

 

If at first you don’t succeed …

And so that’s been the way over the last few months as I’ve been trying to get the base of this recipe right – something close to a lovely short biscuit base but not quite so crumbly.

I was able to roadtest it on my book group last week. There was a unanimous thumbs up so at last it’s ready for you as well.

This recipe is quite low in sugar. The base has added sugar but the middle layer is just puréed apricots, and the chocolate layer is guilt-free with no added fructose. So the kids will think it’s a sweet treat but you’re not overloading them with sugar. Continue reading