Banbury tarts

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupSugar
2tablespoonsShortening
½cupCurrants
tablespoonMinced candied orange peel
tablespoonMinced candied lemon peel
teaspoonNutmeg
teaspoonCinnamon
½Egg, slightly beaten
2tablespoonsCookie or biscuit crumbs
tablespoonMinced candied citron

Directions

Cream shortening and sugar. Add candied peel, citron, currants, crumbs, nutmeg, cinnamon, and egg. Mix thoroughly. Cut plain pastry in rounds 6 inches in diameter. Place 1 tablespoon of fruit mixture on ½ of each round. Moisten edges. Fold like a turnover. Press edges together. Crimp. Brush with slightly beaten egg, or water.

Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in hot oven (450 F) 10 minutes, or until brown.

Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.