Baked Apricot Rice

Baked Apricot Rice

Ingredients:
onions, raw
celery, raw
butter, without salt
rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt
apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked
parsley, fresh
salt, table
spices, pepper, black
spices, thyme, dried
spices, nutmeg, ground
spices, cloves, ground

Directions:
In a large skillet, saute onion and celery in butter until tender.
Stir in the rice, apricots, parsley and the seasonings.
Transfer to a greased 1-qrt.
baking dish.
Cover and bake at 350' for 30 minutes.
Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through.