Czech Squares Recipes

CHERRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together 1 1/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Rub in 1/2 cup butter using your hands or a pastry blender. Press into an ungreased 9 inch square pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned at the edges. Set aside. In a medium bowl, beat eggs until light. Mix together the brown sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the eggs. Mix in the coconut, nuts, and cherries; spread the batter evenly over the baked crust.
• Return to the oven, and bake for 25 minutes, or until brown. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla, and water until smooth. Add more liquid if necessary to make a more spreadable mixture. Spread over cooled bars before cutting into squares.

CHERRY CRUMBCAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10 by 15-inch jelly roll pan and line the bottom with a sheet of parchment or waxed paper.
• In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter and sugar until soft and light. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Sift together the flour and baking powder and stir into the batter in three additions, alternating with the yolks and milk, beginning and ending with the flour. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Scatter the cherries evenly over the batter, pressing them in gently.
• Scatter the Crumb Topping over the berries as evenly as possible. Bake the cake about 40 minutes until batter is firm and crumbs are well colored. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack. Cut the cooled cake into 24 (3-inch) squares. Remove the squares from the pan to a platter.
• Mix the flour, sugars, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl. Melt the butter and stir it in evenly. Rub the mixture to coarse crumbs by hand.

CHEESECAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, ricotta and sugar until smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in the butter, cornstarch, flour and vanilla until smooth. Fold in sour cream. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 hour or until almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. , Chill several hours or overnight. Top each serving with fruit if desired.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 8 inch square baking dish.
• Cream the butter until soft and fluffy. Add the white sugar gradually, until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.
• Sift the cardamom, allspice and flour together. Gradually add it to the butter mixture and stir to combine well. Stir in the chopped pecans.
• Spoon 1/2 of the dough into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Top with strawberry jam and cover with the remaining dough.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour or until lightly browned. Cool then cut into 1 1/2 inch sized squares.

CZECH OPEN FACED SANDWICHES/ OBLOžENé CHLEBí?KY

Steps:

• Begin with preparing the ingredients starting with the baguettes, by slicing the large baguettes into 2cm wide slices (approx.) and the small baguettes into 1cm slices (approx.).
• Boil the eggs.
• Slice the following, boiled eggs, half the dill pickles long ways and the other half side ways, long ways will be for the large baguette slices and the side ways slices which should look like circles will be used for the small baguette slices, kielbasa and the cheese into thin squares so they fit the small baguette slices.
• Though depending on the size of the baguettes, this should leave you with approximately 80 slices, 40 large and 40 small.
• The ingredients that I have listed are for 4 different topping styles of these sandwiches.
• On the first half of the large slices begin by spreading a thin layer of the potato salad, followed by ham, slice of boiled egg and a sprinkle of paprika.
• Top the remaining half of the large slices with a thin layer of mayonnaise, salami, dill pickles, piece of pickled pepper and a sprinkle of Parmesan.
• On the first half of the small slices begin by lightly spreading the home-made mayonnaise, adding the slice of cheese, kielbasa and a piece of pickled pepper. Pierce through the center using a toothpick.
• The remaining half of the small slices will be topped with a light spreading of butter, slice of cheese, small slice of pickle, one anchovy and sprinkle of chopped dill.
• Let them chill in the fridge for approximately 20 minutes and then serve.