Dessert

Butter Tarts is for Dessert, Snack.

Butter Tarts takes several minutes to prepare.

Butter Tarts takes 28 minutes to cook.

Butter Tarts makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Butter Tarts are:

PASTRY

1 lb lard
5c flour
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 Egg
1 Tbsp Vinegar
1 c. cold water


FILLING:

2 Eggs (beaten)
2/3 c. Margarine
2 c. Brown Sugar
4 Tbsp Milk
1 c. Raisins (optional)
2 tsp. Vanilla

Here is how you make Butter Tarts:

PASTRY:-Combine lard, flour, salt and baking powder, cut together with 2 knives or pastry blender until oatmeal sized crumble.-beat egg and vinegar together and add to dry ingredients-slowly add cold water JUST until the dough sticks together-yields 2-9" pies with tops or 4 bottom shellsFILLING:Add all ingredients together and whisk until blended.Add the filling to the tart shells 2/3 of the way full.Bake at 450 for 8 min then reduce tem to 350 and continue baking for another 15-20 minutes.Serving Size: makes 24-36 tarts depending on preferred thicknessNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user IAMGETTINGSOOLD.

The nutritional information for Butter Tarts is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 353.6

• Total Fat: 21.5 g
• Cholesterol: 40.7 mg
• Sodium: 208.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 41.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
• Protein: 3.7 g