Maple Walnut Tarts
photo by Pamela
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
12 tarts
ingredients
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Flaky Pastry
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup hard margarine, cut into pieces
- 1⁄3 cup shortening, at room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup ice water
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Walnut Filling
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
directions
- To make pastry: in a medium bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt and baking powder.
- Cut in butter or margarine and shortening until mixture is crumbly.
- Add water, 2 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork; add a little more or less than the 1/2 c water as needed.
- Press mixture into 2 flat disks, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- To make filling: beat together eggs, syrup, brown sugar, melted butter or margarine and vanilla until just blended.
- On a lightly floured board, roll pastry disks to 1/16" thick.
- Cut into 5 inch circles. Roll scraps of dough and cut again. Line 12-3 inch tart pans with pastry. Divide walnuts equally between tart shells. Pour maple syrup mixture over walnuts. Bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is soft set. Let stand 15 minutes befire removing from tart pans.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Winnipeg Mel
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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