Cherry Berry Squares - Gluten Free
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This square is sweet but not too sweet with a light crumb base and optional icing.
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BASE
- 1/2 cup millet flour
- 1/4 cup white bean (or chick pea) flour
- 1/4 cup brown rice flour
- 1/3 cup arrowroot starch/flour
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- Mix dry ingredients for the base.
- Melt butter and using pastry blender mix melted butter into dry ingredients until evenly crumbled.
- Press crumbs into a 9x9" baking pan
- Bake for 5 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Remove from oven. (no need to cool)
FILLING
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 slightly rounded tbsp sweet rice flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup maraschino cherries cut in halves or quarters (tip - I cut them on folded paper towelling to make sure they are well drained)
- 3/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries -- cherry flavored
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- Beat eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder and vanilla together until smooth and light.
- Stir in fruit and nuts.
- Pour over crumb base and return to oven for another 25 minutes.
OPTIONAL ICING
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 tbsp milk or cream
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup icing sugar
- Put sugar, butter and milk in sauce pan.
- Bring to a boil and let boil for about 45 seconds.
- Add icing sugar and stir until perfectly smooth.
- Spread over warm squares and smooth top. Because filling tends to have a crumbly top spread with care - using the back of a plastic spoon heated in boiling water helps to smooth the icing.
- Drizzle melted chocolate over icing if desired. (I had some left over white chocolate wafers from making my granddaughter cake pops and I added some dark chocolate to them -- hence the light colour of the drizzled chocolate in the photo squares.)
Note: These squares are also nice without the icing ... just dust with icing sugar before serving.
You may also personalize the fruit/nuts in the filling - choose from candied fruit, raisins, coconut, dried berries etc.
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