Fresh Raspberry Dessert Squares
Mildly sweet tasting and soft crumbly crust make for the perfect raspberry dessert squares.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 5 egg yolks
- 4 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
Filling
- 5 egg whites
- 10 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp vanilla sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil or canola
- 2 packs vanilla pudding
- 1 cup raspberries
Instructions
Preparing the Dough
- Mix together flour, sugar and baking powder.
- Cut cold butter into cubes and add to the flour mixture slowly until well blended.
- Add egg yolk one at a time. Continue mixing at med to high speed.
- If dough appears too dry, add 1 or 2 spoons of cold water.
- Divide dough into 2 parts.
- Place one portion in the freezer and the other in the fridge.
Preparing the Filling
- Mix egg whites on high speed until they form a peak.
- Combine sugars and then add one spoon at a time to the egg mixture.
- Slowly, add the oil and continue mixing.
- Sift the vanilla pudding powder and using a wooden spoon, mix filling ingredients together.
Assembling the Dessert
- Remove dough from the fridge and roll on a flat, lightly floured surface.
- Place inside a 9x12 parchment paper lined baking pan.
- Slowly incorporate raspberries into the filling mixture.
- Spread the filling into the pan. Level with a silicone spatula.
- Remove dough from the freezer and shred over top of another bowl. Once shredded, use fingers to sprinkle the shredded crumbles over top of the filling.
- Bake at 370F for 20-27minutes. Needs to be golden in color.