Danish Apple Squares
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
-
PASTRY
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 egg yolk, combined with milk to make 2/3 cup (save egg white)
- 1 cup corn flakes
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FILLING
- 6 cut-up apples
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons flour
-
ICING
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon almond flavoring
- water
directions
- PASTRY: Sift together flour and salt. With a pastry blender or two knives cut in shortening.
- Separate egg, putting egg yolk in measuring cup. Add milk to measure 2/3 cup.
- Slowly mix in to the flour mixture, do not ovemix. Divide pastry in half.
- Put first half of pastry on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle 1 cup cornflakes over pastry, then spread apple mixture over first layer of pastry, leaving an inch around the edges. Put second layer over top, Press together around the edges.
- Beat egg white and spread over top of pastry.
- Cook in moderate oven (350F) until tender, about 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly.
- ICING: Add enough water to make a paste. Drizzle over top.
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