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Raspberry Slices

Source of Recipe

Posted by FootsieBear


Recipe Introduction

Recipe By :Tiffany Taylor

List of Ingredients

1-1/2 Cups flour
1/8 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup sugar
1/3 Cup butter
1 egg -- beaten

Filling:
1/4 Cup butter, softened
1/3 Cup sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
8 Ounces cream cheese, softened
1 Cup mashed raspberries
1 Tablespoon grated lemon rind
3 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/3 Cup currants
1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon



Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift together flour, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or fork until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add egg; mix to a smooth dough.

Roll out 1/3 of dough; line a shallow rectangular pan. Bake 10 minutes.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in cream cheese, raspberries, lemon rind, lemon juice, currants, and cinnamon.

Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into the cream cheese mixture. Spread over baked pastry. Roll out remaining dough; cut into strips. Arrange in a lattice pattern on top. Bake 20 minutes. Cool and cut into slices.

Source: "Tip World, Baking Recipes, 12/20/00"