This recipe comes from Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, former First Lady, sent to the ladies of Most Precious Blood Parish, Corpus Christi, Texas, when she was still First Lady.

1/2 cups dried apricots, diced, soaked,
    drained and ground or chopped
1 egg
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups flour, sifted
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup orange juice, strained
1/4 cup water
1 cup walnut pieces, broken

Beat egg. Stir in sugar and butter; mix well. Sift flour with baking powder, soda and salt. Add alternately with orange juice and water to the sugar mixture. Add apricots and nuts; mix well. Bake in loaf pan at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or until firm when tested.