Currant Squares

Nothing is homier or more comforting than these old-fashioned moist squares loaded with currants. Of course, you may substitute dark or golden raisins or a combination, if you choose.

By the way, the standard supermarket currants called for here are really very tiny raisins, not dried, tart red, black, or white currants, which are related to gooseberries. The French name for the tiny raisins used here is raisins de Corinthe, or Corinthian raisins, and the English word “curran