Buttery Cinnamon Squares Recipes

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Prepare base: heat oven to 325 degrees. In a food processor, combine confectioners' sugar, flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Pulse until free of lumps. Scatter butter cubes across top and pulse again until mixture is crumbly and beginning to come together.
• Press mixture evenly into a shallow 9- to 9 1/2-inch square baking pan. Bake until shortbread is firm, barely colored and no longer has a sheen on its surface, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack until warm.
• While shortbread cools, prepare icing: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt butter and syrup together. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar and cinnamon until free of lumps. Remove from heat and allow to cool just until slightly thickened. Whisk again and pour over warm shortbread, using a spatula to reach edges. Allow to cool completely, then cut into 16 squares.

CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE SQUARES

Steps:

• Unroll one tube of dough and place in a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Seal seams and perforations; set aside. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over dough. , Unroll remaining tube of dough and place over cream cheese mixture, stretching to fit. Brush butter evenly over top; sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; cut into squares.

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch pan.
• Cream the butter, margarine, and sugar.
• Add the egg yolk and dry ingredients.
• Press the batter into prepared pan.
• Beat the egg white until foamy and spread sparingly over batter.
• Press on the nuts.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Cut into squares.

CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line a 9x9 baking pan or dish with aluminum foil leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides. Spray the foil with cooking spray or grease.
• In a medium bowl mix the flour, 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, the baking powder, and baking soda until fully combined, set aside.
• In a large saucepan, melt the 2/3 cup of butter together with the brown sugar over medium heat, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool slightly.
• Whisk the eggs and vanilla into the brown sugar and butter mixture until combined.
• Pour the dry ingredients into the saucepan and whisk the ingredients together until a smooth batter forms (don't over mix the batter).
• Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes (I typically bake mine until exactly 30 minutes), or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• In a small bowl mix the remaining 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of melted butter and sprinkle on top of the bars.
• Use the sides of the foil to lift the bars out of the baking pan and set on top of a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

BUTTERY CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400
• Unroll Croissants and leave in sheets
• Place first sheet on bottom of small baking dish
• Sprinkle generously with cinnamon
• Sprinkle 1/3C. Sugar/splenda
• pour 1/4 butter and tilt dish to distribute butter. The Butter doesn't have to coat layer.
• Repeat steps 3-6 and bake for approx 25 mins. At 25 mins cut the center open and check dough for done-ness.If still doughy cook another 10 mins. Cut into squares and serve warm!

APPLE-CINNAMON SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour 8"x8" baking dish.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan.
• Remove from heat and stir in the brown sugar.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time Add the vanilla extract.
• Stir in the whole wheat flour.
• Sift in the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1 1/2 Tsps.
• cinnamon.
• Stir together.
• Peel, core, and dice the apple.
• Add to the batter with the raisins and stir to combine.
• Pour into the baking dish.
• Mix together the remaining 2 Tbls.
• cinnamon and the 1/2 cup sugar.
• Sprinkle over the top of the batter.
• Melt the remaining 2 Tbls.
• butter and drizzle over sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove and cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• When cool, slice into squares.