Fresh Apple Pastry Squares

Name: Fresh Apple Pastry Squares
Ingredients: 2 1/2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour; 1 tsp. salt; 1 c. plus 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine; 1 egg yolk; milk; 1 c. crushed corn flakes; 8 c. peeled, cored and sliced apples; 2/3 c. sugar; 1/2 tsp. ground ginger; 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon; 1 egg white, stiffly beaten; 1 c. sifted confectioners sugar; 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract; 1 to 2 Tbsp. water

14 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
1 c. plus 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 egg yolk
milk
1 c. crushed corn flakes
8 c. peeled, cored and sliced apples
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 egg white, stiffly beaten
1 c. sifted confectioners sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 to 2 Tbsp. water

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400°.
2

In large bowl, stir flour and salt together.
3

Cut in butter with pastry blender until crumbly.
4

Beat egg yolk lightly with fork in a measuring cup.
5

Add enough milk to egg yolk to make 2/3 cup.
6

Stir milk into flour mixture; mix with fork to blend, stirring until mixture holds together and cleans sides of bowl.
7

Divide the dough into 2 parts.
8

Roll half of dough to line a 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch pan.
9

Place dough in pan, pressing down lightly to form bottom crust.
10

Sprinkle bottom crust with corn flakes.