Ivankas Walnut Squares Food

WALNUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees, grease well an 8" square pan.
• Beat egg until foamy, beat in brown sugar and vanilla.
• Sift together dry ingredients, mix into to egg mixture, stir in walnuts.
• Bake until the top has a dull crust about 25 minutes, cut into squares while warm, cool and then remove from the pan.
• Easily doubled, bake in a 9x13 pan.

CHEWY WALNUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Line a square baking pan with aluminum foil. Grease pan with cooking spray and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a mixing bowl combine brown sugar, egg and vanilla and mix well. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Fold in walnuts.
• Evenly spread into prepared pan and bake for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely in pan.
• Remove from pan by lifting foil. Remove foil and cut into 16 bars.

IVANKA'S WALNUT SQUARES

Steps:

• For the base:.
• Combine the butter, 2/3 cup sugar, flour and egg yolks.
• Pat the mixture into the bottom of a 9"x13"x2" pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes or until the edges are light brown.
• Cool base and spread with jam of your choice. Ivanka uses rose hip jam but seedless raspberry or strawberry jam works just as well.
• In a separate bowl, beat egg whites with the 1 cup of sugar until slightly stiff.
• Add the 2 cups of ground walnuts and vanilla or rum extract. I use pure vanilla extract.
• Spread this mixture over jam layer and sprinkle the top with the 1 cup chopped walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly golden.
• For a softer topping, cover pan loosely after removing from oven to allow meringue to soften for easier cutting.
• Cut when cool, with sharp knife dipped in hot water between each cut.

WALNUT SHORTBREAD SQUARES

Steps:

• For crust, preheat oven to 275F; crumble ingredients together until well mixed; Press into a greased 9x13 pan and bake in a slow oven (275F) for 8 minutes; increase temp to 375F and top with second mixture and continue baking.
• For topping: Mix all ingredients well; spread mixture over the partially baked crust and continue baking in a moderate oven (375F) until well set and slightly browned, about 30 minutes; cool and cut into squares.

CHEWY WALNUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, vanilla and egg substitute, beating until well blended.
• In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add the dry mixture to the brown sugar mixture and stir just until incorporated and moist; don't over mix.
• Fold in walnuts; then spread into a greased 9" square pan.
• Bake in the preheated 350°F oven for 19 min; then cool in pan.
• Cut in squares to serve.
• Variation: swap out the walnuts for pecans instead.
• TIP: you may wish to chop the walnuts a little more finely if you have very young children, if choking may be an issue for them or refrain from giving them access to this treat entirely.