RAISIN OR APPLE SQUARE

RAISIN OR APPLE SQUARE Recipe
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Categories: Cakes, Fruit Desserts, Other Desserts, Quick & Easy, Healthy
Keywords: raisin, square
Serves: 8
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Ingredients

1 c shortening crisco
1 c white sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 c all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
RAISIN FILLING RECIPE OR USE YOUR
OWN FAMILY RECIPE
2 c water
1 c brown sugar
2 c golden raisins or what you have on hand
2 Tbsp flour mixed with water (runny texture) to thicken
METHOD; L COMBINE THE WATER BROWN
SUGAR, RAISINS AND BRING TO A
BOIL.... SIMMER UNTIL THIE RAISINS
AR SOFT AND THEN THICKEN WITH THE 2
TBSP OF FLOUR MIXED WITH A LITTLE
WATER. BRING BACK TO A BOIL AND
SIMMER UNTIL THICKENED.
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Coniston, ON, Canada
zepanther
Member Since Oct 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noreen's Notes:

This is my husband's favorite and he will request this dessert. It is from our St. Paul's Church Cookbook,1960. The seasoned cooks who contributed the recipes did not detail ... so it was a learning experience. Living in this small town, we could call the cooks for advice. I was married in 1957 so this cookbook was my teacher. I will give better instructions on this recipe but it read: "Mix ingredients as you would a pie crust. Line your 8x8 pan. Put filling in and cut top crust in circles and overlap on top of raisins. Bake moderate oven 375 30-40 minutes. No instructions for the raisins.

 

Directions

1
CRUST RECIPE
CREAM CRISCO OR SHORTENING OF CHOICE, WITH THE SUGAR; ADD THE EGG, AND VANILLA...... MIX,
2
COMBINE THE FLOUR AND THE BAKING POWDER AND SALT
MIX DOUGH SOFTLY
3
USING HALF OF THE DOUGH, LINE AN 8X8 PAN WITH THE DOUGH.
ADD THE FILLING; raisin, 1 can of apple or cherry pie filling;
COVER WITH REMAINING DOUGH.
I take a portion of dough and flatten it in the palm of my hand, and place it on top.... continue until done and if there are any spaces in between it does not matter as it will expand during baking. It also makes it look rustic
4
Using a pastry brush, add a little cream or milk on the top crust.

NOTE: If using Cherry Pie filling, bake a little longer as there is more liquid than in the apple pie filling. Check the center for dryness like you would for a cake.
5
NOTE # 1: THIS DOUGH MAKES DELICIOUS COOKIES AS WELL.
I ALWAYS KEPT A LITTLE OF THE DOUGH ASIDE FOR OUR DAUGHTER IF POSSIBLE TO MAKE COOKIES FOR HER. I made them in balls, rolled them in white sugar, FLATTENED WITH A FORK and baked them along with the square... She never ate any kind of pie with filling....She loved pastry dough, She enjoyed these cookes.
When making pies, I always made her empty pie crusts and she added white sugar when she ate it it.
6
NOTE # 2: The following is the total directions in the cook book printed. These seasoned cooks thought everyone knew the basics of cooking.
Too bad if you were a novice cook........
METHOD: MIX INGREDIENTS AS YOU WOULD A PIE CRUST... LINE YOUR 8X8 SQUARE PAN. PUT FILLING IN AND CUT TOP CRUST IN CIRCLES AND OVERLAP ON TOP OF RAISINS. BAKE in a MODERATE 375 OVEN FOR 30 - 40 MINUTES.
My experience with the dough, is if it is mixed like a pie crust, the dough is altogether different and I much prefer my CAKE Method.
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lparisi48
Lora Parisi lparisi48
 
 
 
 
Mar 5, 2013
Do you cook the raisin mixture? This is similar to a recipe I had years ago and lost..but I seem to remember cooking the raisin mixture. Thank you
SharonasCookin
Sharon Curtis SharonasCookin
 
 
 
 
Mar 5, 2013
Yes, Noreen - - I think I have made a " cooked " raisin filling in the past. Please let us know - -or do you boil the water, then soak the raisins in it?? Thanks. XO.
zepanther
Noreen Barbe zepanther
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 5, 2013
Sorry if the recipe is ambiguous. Just combine all the ingredients for the raisin recipe, bring to a boil, simmer and when the raisins are soft, thicken with the 2 tbsp flour that has been mixed with a little water. Bring back to a boil, simmer until the sauce is thickened to your liking.
lparisi48
Lora Parisi lparisi48
 
 
 
 
Mar 5, 2013
Thank you that is what my recipe was lik...can't wait to make them..where I originally come from RI and MA u can buy them in bakeries but here in FL they are non existant!
zepanther
Noreen Barbe zepanther
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 6, 2013
THE picture END RESULT OF THIS CAKE SQUARE is exactly like the photo of the Caramel Apple Square. The "Old, I call Golden" recipes are still the best and I still make them. The best part of these recipes is that one has all the ingredients in the cupboard.........No shopping list to make a cake.

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