Cooking With Rania: Holiday Cookie Bar

This week, Rania Harris is making her 499th appearance in the Pittsburgh Today Live kitchen. On this special occasion (and just in time for the holiday season), she making one of her classic recipes, an Apricot Nut Torte!
Apricot Nut Torte
Ingredients:
1 box dried apricots
1 cup sugar
4 cups chopped walnuts
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 sticks sweet butter
4 cups flour
1 small cake yeast
1/4 c. Warm water
1/4 c. Milk
4 egg yolks
Directions:
In a small pot, bring apricots, sugar and enough wa