Butter Tarts
This is another recipe from my mother-in-law, Frances Rao. She really was a good baker.
Ingredients
Dough
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup crisco
- 1 tsp salt
- ice water
Filling
- 1 stick butter softened
- 4 eggs
- 1 cups brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cup coconut
Instructions
Filling
- Mix allingredients with electric mixer and set aside.
Dough
- Blend all ingredients as you would for pie crust, using a pastry blender.
- Mix in ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
- Gather dough into a ball, divide in half, wrap in plastic wrap and place in fridge for about an hour.
- Using one disc at a time, roll out into a circle about 1/8” thick.
- Using a 2 1/2”cookie cutter cut rounds and ease into muffin tins, about half way up the sides.
- Spoon a tablespoon of filling
- Bake in a 350° oven for about 15 minutes until golden and puffy.
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