Spicy cookie crust

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-purpose flour
½teaspoonBaking powder
1dashSalt
¼cupSugar
¼teaspoonGround mace
teaspoonGround nutmeg
½cupButter or margarine; softened
cupChopped almonds; toasted
2Egg yolks
2tablespoonsWhipping cream
1teaspoonGrated lime rind

Directions

Combine first 6 ingredients; cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in almonds. Add egg yolks, whipping cream and lime rind; stir with a fork until all ingredients are moistened.

Shape dough into a ball, and chill 30 minutes.

Press pastry into the bottom and up sides of a 10-inch round tart pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Yields: crust for one 10-inch tart.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

NANCY BONE,

GADSDEN, AL

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .