Cinnamon Squares Food

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Prepare base: heat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, combine confectioners' sugar, flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Pulse until free of lumps. Scatter butter cubes across top and pulse again until mixture is crumbly and beginning to come together.
• Press mixture evenly into a shallow 9- to 9 1/2-inch square baking pan. Bake until shortbread is firm, barely colored and no longer has a sheen on its surface, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack until warm.
• While shortbread cools, prepare icing: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter and syrup together. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar and cinnamon until free of lumps. Remove from heat and allow to cool just until slightly thickened. Whisk again and pour over warm shortbread, using a spatula to reach edges. Allow to cool completely, then cut into 16 squares.

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch pan.
• Cream the butter, margarine, and sugar.
• Add the egg yolk and dry ingredients.
• Press the batter into prepared pan.
• Beat the egg white until foamy and spread sparingly over batter.
• Press on the nuts.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Cut into squares.

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour an 8 x 8 inch square pan; you can also use an 8 or 9 inch round pan.
• In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, combine butter, sugar and eggs.
• Beat at high speed for five minutes.
• Combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk. Start and end with the dry ingredients.
• Beat on low speed just until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a rack, dust with powdered sugar.
• Excellent served slightly warm.

DANISH CINNAMON BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat egg; add remaining ingredients except granulated sugar and mix well (use your hands if necessary).
• Press dough into ungreased 13x9x2 inch pan.
• Sprinkle granulated sugar evenly over bars.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cool slightly; cut into bars.
• Cool completely; remove from pan and store in airtight container.

CINNAMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 16 x 11 x 1 inch pan.
• Cream butter or margarine and sugar. Separate egg, and set aside egg white. Add egg yolk and sifted dry ingredients.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Beat egg white until foamy and brush sparingly over batter (not all egg white will be used.) Sprinkle chopped nuts over top. Bake for 30 minutes.

APPLE-CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour 8"x8" baking dish.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan.
• Remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time Add the vanilla extract.
• Stir in the whole wheat flour.
• Sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1 1/2 Tsps.
• cinnamon.
• Stir together.
• Peel, core, and dice the apple.
• Add to the batter with the raisins and stir to combine.
• Pour into the baking dish.
• Mix together the remaining 2 Tbls.
• cinnamon and the 1/2 cup sugar.
• Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
• Melt the remaining 2 Tbls.
• butter and drizzle over sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove and cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• When cool, slice into squares.

APPLE-CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl mix together flour, baking powder, salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg (if using) set aside.
• In a large bowl mix together melted butter with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup white sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth and well combined.
• Blend in the flour mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until just combined.
• Gently stir in chopped apples and nuts.
• Spread the mixture into prepared baking dish.
• For the topping; in a small bowl mix togther 2 tablespoons white and 2 tablespoons brown sugar with 2 teaspoons cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over the top of the bars.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until it tests done.
• Cool in the pan then cut into squares.

CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE SQUARES

Steps:

• Unroll one tube of dough and place in a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Seal seams and perforations; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over dough. , Unroll remaining tube of dough and place over cream cheese mixture, stretching to fit. Brush butter evenly over top; sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; cut into squares.