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APRICOT CHEESECAKE

1 cup B & R Farms California Dried Apricots
½ cup water
1 1/3 cups sugar
6 eggs, separated
3 - 8oz cream cheese
½ tsp grated lemon rind
1 tblsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup heavy cream

Prepare Crust: Mix 1/3 cup B&R Farms dried apricots, (reserve remainder for glaze) combine apricots with water in pan - simmer till soft - beat until smooth. Stir in 1/3 cup of the sugar and cool. Beat egg whites to fluffy and add a ½ cup of sugar and set aside. Beat cream cheese remaining ½ cup sugar, egg yolks, lemon rind, lemon juice and vanilla. Stir in apricots and fold in egg whites.
Bake in slow oven at 300F for 2 hours. Turn off heat, let cake cool in oven with door open for l hour.

Apricot Glaze : Combine the remaining dried apricots with 3/4 cup of water in a pan. Bring to a boil, lower heat and cover. Simmer until apricots are soft. Beat until smooth, return to pan, stir in 1/3 cup sugar and 3/4 cup of light corn syrup. Heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved. Let cool.