Apricot/each

Apricots are a fruit in the stone fruit category with a sweet, tart flavor and soft, velvety skin. Their color is typically pale yellow to orange, and they're about the size of a plum. 

Fresh apricots are eaten as snacks while they're in season, and they're also a popular fruit for canning and making jams and preserves. Other uses include roasting, grilling and broiling, they can be served with pork and poultry, and used for making sauces and salad dressings. Cakes, pastries, tarts, cookies, scones, quick breads and other desserts made using apricots are popular, as well as chutneys, salads, pilafs, and cocktails. Dried apricots can be eaten out of hand as well as chopped and used in recipes, sometimes after reconstituting them by soaking in hot water.