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"Plain fresh bread, its crust shatteringly crisp. Sweet cold butter. There is magic in the way they come together in your mouth to make a single perfect bite."--Ruth Reichl

Butter Tarts Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cups raisins
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
Few drops of lemon juice

Directions:
Directions:
Prepare pastry and roll to 1/8" thickness. Cut into 4" rounds and line 24 medium sized tart pans or muffin tins.

Pour boiling water over
1/2 cup raisins
Let soak until edges of raisins turn white. Drain.

Cream
1/4 cup butter or margarine
Add
1/2 cup lightly-packed brown sugar
Beat thoroughly.

Add
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup corn syrup
1 beaten egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
Few drops of lemon juice
Combine only until blended.
Fold in the drained raisins.

Spoon mixture into the unbaked tart shells, filling each about 2/3 full.

Bake in preheated 325º oven for 20 minutes.

Do not allow the filling to boil.

Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
24 Tarts
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mom uses only butter.
Use a good quality vanilla.
I use a canning funnel to cut perfect sized dough.
Bake 3rd position down from top of oven.
You can also use the same cook times for mincemeat filling. Fill mincemeat tarts 1/2 full.

 

 

 

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