{"id":14850,"date":"2013-06-04T05:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T09:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=14850"},"modified":"2013-07-19T11:10:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T15:10:16","slug":"maple-and-cream-cheese-squares-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/maple-and-cream-cheese-squares-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple and Cream Cheese Squares Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"June<\/a><\/p>\n

Celebrate Canada Day the Canadian way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Summer is almost underway and Canada Day is fast approaching. If you\u2019re looking for Patriotic menu inspiration, look no further. Nothing screams Canada more than maple. Now combine the deliciously sweet flavour of maple syrup with the rich and creamy texture of 100% Canadian Cream Cheese, and you have yourself the perfect Canada Day treat. These delectable Maple and Cream Cheese Squares<\/strong><\/a> will have your taste buds singing \u201cO Canada\u201d in no time.<\/p>\n

As for Canuck-approved wine pairings, I can recommend a variety of different local varieties from Canada\u2019s finest wineries in Niagara, Ontario. A Trius Dry Riesling<\/strong><\/a> will whet your appetite with its gushing juices. If that\u2019s not your style, you can try a Pinot Noir from Inniskillin Wines<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s a full-bodied wine with rich, cherry-berry flavour. It just doesn\u2019t get more Canadian than that!<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong>:\"Trius<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00be cup (180 ml) unbleached flour
\n\u00bc cup (60 ml) butter, at room temperature
\n\u00bc cup (60 ml) brown sugar
\n\u00bd tsp (2 ml) baking powder
\n3 tbsp (45 ml) milk
\n8 oz (240 g) Canadian Cream Cheese, softened
\n1 egg
\n1 cup (250 ml) maple syrup
\n1 apple, finely diced<\/p>\n

Topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bc cup (60 ml) unbleached flour
\n\u00bc cup (60 ml) butter , at room temperature\"InniskillinWines<\/a>
\n\u00bc cup (60 ml) brown sugar
\n\u00bd cup (125 ml) rolled oats<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 375oF (190oC).<\/p>\n

Mix flour with butter, brown sugar and baking powder until smooth. Stir in milk and spread mixture out along bottom of a square 8\u201d or 9\u201d (20 cm or 22 cm) baking pan.<\/p>\n

Whip Cream Cheese along with egg and maple syrup. Pour into pan over crust and top with diced apple.<\/p>\n

In a bowl, stir together all ingredients for topping until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Spread over the Cream Cheese mixture in pan.<\/p>\n

Bake in the oven for 30\u201340 minutes or until top is golden brown. Let cool and serve.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll find more wine and cheese pairings<\/a><\/strong> here as well as in the wine matcher<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You also might enjoy this Google + video wine and cheese tasting<\/strong><\/a> via social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrate Canada Day the Canadian way Summer is almost underway and Canada Day is fast approaching. If you\u2019re looking for Patriotic menu inspiration, look no further. Nothing screams Canada more than maple. Now combine the deliciously sweet flavour of maple syrup with the rich and creamy texture of 100% Canadian Cream Cheese, and you have yourself the perfect Canada Day treat. These delectable Maple and Cream Cheese Squares will have your taste buds singing \u201cO Canada\u201d in no time. As for Canuck-approved wine pairings, I can recommend a variety of different local varieties from Canada\u2019s finest wineries in Niagara, Ontario. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,166,124,169,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-cheese-pairing","category-recipe-cheese","category-wine-dessert","category-recipe-dessert","category-food-wine-pairing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14850"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15497,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14850\/revisions\/15497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}