Chef Joey's Vegan Holiday Squares

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup firm tofu
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cake flour
• 1/2 cup spelt flour
• 2 teaspoons orange extract
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 cup candied fruit
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup pecans
• 1/3 cup currants
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons coconut rum
• 2 drops orange extract

Recipe

• 1 oil your muffin tin. i used spray.
• 2 preheat your oven to 350'f.
• 3 in the bowl of a stand mixer beat the tofu until smooth.
• 4 add the sifted powdered sugar and orange extract to the tofu mixture and beat again until well blended.
• 5 while its blending, sift the flours, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 6 take 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture and stir in the candied fruit, nuts and currants. this will keep them from clumping and falling to the bottom of the squares.
• 7 add the rest of the flour mixture to the tofu mixture on low speed. then gently fold in the fruit and nuts.
• 8 the batter will be fairly stiff. spoon it evenly into the muffin cups.
• 9 bake for 25 minutes or until the squares are lightly browned.
• 10 before the squares are out of the oven make your icing.
• 11 combine the powdered sugar, rum and orange extract until a stiff icing is achieved.
• 12 put on the squares about 5 minutes, then ice them. you could even put a little fine orange peel on top for decoration.
• 13 cool the squares on a wire rack.
• 14 bon appetit!