Banbury tarts

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupSugar
2tablespoonsShortening
½cupCurrants
1½tablespoonMinced candied orange peel
1½tablespoonMinced candied lemon peel
⅛teaspoonNutmeg
⅛teaspoonCinnamon
½Egg, slightly beaten
2tablespoonsCookie or biscuit crumbs
1½tablespoonMinced 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.