Best Currant Squares Recipes

Currant Squares image

Provided by Marlitt

Categories Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 20 squares

Number Of Ingredients 11

5 ounces firm butter or 5 ounces margarine, grated
6 ounces flour
1 pinch salt
ice water
4 ounces butter
3 ounces sugar
8 ounces currants
1 pinch cinnamon
1 lemon, juice and rind of
1 large apple, grated
1 slice bread, crumbled

Steps:

To make pastry:.
Freeze butter or margarine for half an hour before grating.
Sift flour and salt, then add butter or margarine.
Mix into flour with palette knife.
Add iced water until a dough is formed. Wrap and chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
Put all filling ingredients into a saucepan and bring to boiling point.
Set aside to cool.
Preheat oven to 200°C/ 400°F Roll out half the pastry very thinly and line a Swiss roll tin.
Pour on currant filling, spreading evenly, then cover with the rest of the pastry.
Glaze with egg or milk and bake for 30 minutes or until light gold in colour.
Dust with caster sugar and cut into squares when cool.
Makes 20 squares.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.1, Fat 10.6, SaturatedFat 6.6, Cholesterol 27.6, Sodium 106.9, Carbohydrate 21.5, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 13.2, Protein 1.6

Irish Currant Squares image

Provided by Baby Kato

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 11

5 oz butter or margarine, grated
6 oz flour
pinch salt
iced water, as needed
4 oz butter
3 oz sugar
8 oz currants
pinch spice, your choice
1 lemon, rind and juiced
1 large apple, grated
1 slice bread, crumbled

Steps:

1. To make pastry: freeze butter or margarine for half an hour before grating.
2. Sift flour and salt, then add butter or margarine, mix into flour with palette knife.
3. Add iced water until a dough is formed, wrap and chill in fridge.
4. Put all filling ingredients into a saucepan and bring to boiling point, once done set aside to cool.
5. Preheat oven to gas mark 6/ 200°C/ 400°F.
6. Roll out half the pastry very thinly and line a Swiss roll tin.
7. Pour on currant filling, spreading evenly, then cover with the rest of the pastry.
8. Glaze with egg or milk and bake for 30 minutes or until light gold in color.
9. Dust with caster sugar and cut into squares when cool.

Apple Sauce Currant Spice Squares image

Provided by Nancy Allen @mawmawnan

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 1/2 cup(s) dried currants
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 1/2 cup(s) boiling water
2 1/4 cup(s) all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
3/4 cup(s) motts natural apple sauce
1 1/2 cup(s) sugar
4 - egg whites, slightly beaten
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 13x9 baking pan with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine currants with baking soda and boiling water. Let stand 30 minutes. In a medium size bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together apple sauce, sugar, egg whites, lemon juice, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Add flour mixture alternately with currant mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Mix by hand until flour mixture is combined with currant mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until center tests done. After it cools, cut into squares and serve.