Hot And Sweet Drumsticks

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup apricot preserves
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic (or 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder, i use 2 cloves fresh minced)
• 1 -2 tablespoon bottled hot sauce
• 12 chicken drumsticks
• hot cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 for sauce~ in a small saucepan, combine preserves, ketchup, soy sauce, garlic and hot pepper sauce.
• 2 cook and stir over medium heat until preserves are melted.
• 3 arrange drumsticks in a single layer in 13x9 baking pan.
• 4 pour sauce over drumsticks, turning to coat.
• 5 bake uncovered in a 350º oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is done, spooning sauce over drumsticks once during baking.
• 6 serve drumsticks over rice.
• 7 if desired, spoon sauce from baking pan over chicken and rice.