Old Fashioned Raspberry Jam Squares
This yummy standard was found on My Island Bistro blog. Use your own jam or try some of ours!
Ingredients:
1/3 c. butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond flavoring
1/2 c. white sugar
1 c. +2 tsp all purpose-flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cardamom
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Finely grated rind of one lemon
1/2 c. raspberry jam
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F
Assemble ingredients
Prepare 8”x8” pan by lining with parchment paper.
With electric mixer, beat butter well in medium-sized bowl. Beat in egg, vanilla, and almond flavoring.
Sift sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom together. Stir in grated lemon rind. Add to butter-egg mixture and blend thoroughly.
Shape dough into a small oblong shape. Cut off about 1/3 of the dough and place in freezer for 15 min.
Meanwhile, press remaining dough into prepared pan. Place pan in freezer for 15 min.
Remove both the reserved dough and the pan from the freezer. Evenly spread the 1/2 c. raspberry jam over dough in pan. Using a grater, grate the reserved dough evenly over the jam.
Bake for 35 min or until stopping on square is lightly golden in color.
Let square cool completely in pan before removing and cutting into squares.