Apple Brazil Nut Squares
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine; cut up
- 1 each eggs slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice fresh
- 4 tablespoons water ice cold
- 6 each egg yolks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup brazil nuts or almonds, pulverized
- 13 cup raisins, seedless
- 3 cups apples tart, shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons apricot preserves (jam)
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
- 1 x whipped cream slightly sweetened
- 1 x almonds toasted slivered
- Mix flour and sugar in bowl.
- Cut butter into mixture until pieces are the size of peas.
- Blend the egg, lemon juice and 3 tbls water.
- Sprinkle over the dry ingredients.
- Toss with fork until four is moistened.
- Press into a ball.
- Add last tbls of water if needed.
- Roll pastry into a 9x13" baking pan, building the edge up about 1".
- In small bowl, beat egg yolks until fluffy.
- Add sugar and salt.
- Beat at high speed until thick and lemon colored.
- Blend in the nuts and raisins.
- Fold in the appples and cinnamon.
- Spread apricot jam over the pastry.
- Top with apple-nut mixture.
- Bake at 350F (180C) for 25 minutes.
- Drizzle with melted butter.
- Return to oven.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer until top is golden.
- Cut into squares.
- Serve warm with slightly sweetened whipped cream and garnished with almonds.
flour, sugar, butter, eggs, lemon juice fresh, water, egg yolks, sugar, salt, nuts, raisins, apples, cinnamon, apricot preserves, butter, whipped cream
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/apple-brazil-nut-squares-3233 (may not work)