1 1/3 c  Finely crushed vanilla
-wafers
2 tb Butter; melted
1/3 c  Chopped toasted almonds
1 ts Almond extract (optional)
1    Jar (12-oz) apricot
-preserves
3 pt Vanilla ice cream; softened

Mix vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds, extract and butter. Put layer of this
nixture in bottom of 9 inch square pan. Then put layer of ice crean
(carefully). Repeat layers, ending with crumbs on top. Put preserves on top
of first layer of ice cream. Freeze several hours, until ice cream is firm.
Cut in squares. Top with whipping cream, if desired. Serves 9.