1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Grease a large cookie sheet.

3. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a large bowl (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt).

4. Add butter and rub with fingertips until mixture resembles fine meal.

5. Add the apricots and/or raisins and walnuts to the flour mixture.

6. Whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl to blend.

7. Gradually add egg mixture to the flour and stir until moist clumps form.

8. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface.

9. Knead 4 times to blend.

10. Transfer dough to prepared cookie sheet.

11. Press dough into an 8″ round.

12. Using a small sharp knife, score dough into 8 wedges.

13. Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.