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Butter tart, Purity Cookbook 1945

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▶ 15:57
  • 180 g all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup chilled cubed butter
  • ¼ cup chilled vegetable shortening
  • 1 whole egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ice water
  • 2 whole eggs
Beat the eggs until the whites and yolks are well blended.
Tart 3: the 1945 Purity Cookbook
▶ 16:21
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
Beat in the brown sugar, vanilla and vinegar.
▶ 16:43
  • ½ cup melted butter
Mix in the melted butter.
▶ 17:07
Split the filling in half and stir the currants into one half.
▶ 17:27
  • ⅔ cup currants
Fill the shells half to two thirds full.
▶ 17:50
Bake at 450F for 10 minutes.
▶ 17:50
Turn the oven down to 350F and bake another 20 to 25 minutes until the filling is firm; these came out five minutes early.