Fruity and hearty meet delicious and irresistible in Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis‘ Apricot Oat Bars recipe. Palate-pleasing apricot preserves are baked with chopped dried apricots in a hearty ...

Apricots are perfectly fine in their own right. I’ve been snacking on dried apricots of late when I want something sweet. And the arrival of apricot season is always welcome, if short-lived. But ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I love apricots. I prefer fresh to dried, but I am happy to eat them either way. I purchase the large bag of dried ones from Costco, but after a while I really want to do something with them besides ...

I just moved to Los Angeles this past summer, leaving family, friends and a wonderful group of food bloggers in Minneapolis. This will be my first sunny Southern California Christmas, and I know I ...

Editor’s note: Living in the Colorado High Country is pure joy. Baking in it isn’t. High altitude makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level.

If a dessert that starts with a boxed cake mix is good enough for my baker-extraordinaire mother-in-law, then it's good enough for me. Her scratch-cooking credentials are legit: She maintains a ...

I would like to introduce you to one of my mom’s easiest but most crowd-pleasing recipes, the apricot bar. She was ahead of her time in so many ways, but the first I remember admiring her ability to ...

Apricots are perfectly fine in their own right. I’ve been snacking on dried apricots of late when I want something sweet. And the arrival of apricot season is always welcome, if short-lived. But ...

These fruity bars submitted by Rita Burk ranked high on our judges' list, though many of them weren't fond of the coconut. One called it an "easy recipe but a good end result." Apricot Bars 3/4 cup of ...