Butter tarts Recipe

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Ingredients:

Flaky Pie Pastry
5 cups all purpose flour
1 lb lard
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg slightly beaten
3/4 cup cold 7-Up (or water)
2 tsp vinegar
Filling
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla
pinch salt
1 tbsp butter
1 fresh egg
1/2 cup Sultana raisins, washed and patted dry
(I prefer currents soaked overnight, patted dry and then measured to 1/2 cup.)

Directions:

Pastry -
Combine all dry ingredients. Cut in lard until mealy. Add 7-Up and vinegar to slightly beaten egg. Add to dry ingredients and mix.
Filling -
Mix ingredients in the order given and fill unbaked tart shells. Bake in a preheated oven (350 deg.) for 17 min.
Older recipes call for lots of butter - sometimes as much a 1 cup of butter to 1 cup of brown sugar!

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Food from Eh to Zed - CNIB Canada
Submitted By: Jon Pendragon
jhpendragon@yahoo.co.uk
Butter tarts


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