Quick Custard Squares.

Normally Custard Squares requires sheets of flaky puff pastry but this recipe uses cream Crackers instead. It may seem a little weird to do this but it works. And it is a lot quicker to do it this way.
Cook your custard until it has thickened but still runny enough to pour into your tin.
The Passion fruit gives the icing a tropical flavour which cuts through the sweet custard.

Quick Custard squares

Equipment

·      Loaf tin

·      Baking paper to fit

·      Sharp knife

·      Mixing bowls

·      Wooden spoon

·      Whisk

·      Pot

·      Measuring cups/spoons

Ingredients

6 plain square cream cracker biscuits eg (Huntley and Palmers)
4 Tbsp custard powder
1 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence

Icing
1/2 cup Icing sugar
1 tsp passionfruit pulp

1  tsp hot water

Method

Line loaf tin with the baking paper.

Use 6 (3 bottom, 3 top) square crackers to line a loaf tin.
Mix custard powder to a smooth paste with a little of the milk.
Separately heat the rest of the milk then add the sugar.

With a whisk, stir in the custard powder paste and continue to heat and stir until boiling and thickened. Remove from heat and add vanilla essence then pour custard over crackers.
Top with remaining crackers, leave until cool, then refrigerate until quite cold and set.

Icing
Combine the icing sugar with passionfruit pulp and hot water and mix until smooth.
Spread over cooled crackers after they set.

Place back into the fridge. Cut into squares when set.