Canada Squares recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
½ cup butter
⅓ cup seedless raspberry jam
⅔ cup white sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
⅔ cup rice flour
10 drops red food coloring, or as needed
2 cups confectioners' sugar, or as needed
⅓ cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon milk, or as needed
1 teaspoon maple extract

Nutrition Info

156.4 calories
carbohydrate: 20.4 g
cholesterol: 32 mg
fat: 8.1 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.1 g
saturatedFat: 5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 59.2 mg
sugar: 14.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Line bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, crease corners well.

  2. Whisk together 1 cup flour and 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Pat mixture evenly into prepared pan.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove to cool on a wire rack, about 15 minutes. Top base evenly with raspberry jam.

  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  5. Beat white sugar and 1/2 cup butter together until fluffy, beat in eggs until fluffy and pale yellow. Beat rice flour into egg mixture until well combined, stir in food coloring until batter reaches desired shade of red. Spread batter evenly over jam layer.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool completely in the pan, about 20 minutes.

  7. Beat 2 cups confectioners' sugar and 1/3 cup butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, stir in milk and maple extract. Spread icing evenly over cooled bars.

  8. Hold edges of parchment paper, lift squares out of pan to a cutting board. Slice into 1-inch squares with a very sharp knife.

Recipe Yield

64 1-inch squares

Recipe Note

They're all red and white with a hint of maple. When sliced, the cookies reveal a white base, red middle, and white top. They will have you singing 'O Canada' for the rest of the day!

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