ADVENTURES IN COOKING 137

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MAIDS OF HONOR TARTS
Recipe for rich pastry: Roll and cut, and place in tart pans. Put a good tsp.
of raspberry jam in each shell then add the following topping:

3 tsp butter, heaping 2 tsp almond flavoring
Y cup sugar 5 or 6 tbsp rice flour

Bake in 350 deg. oven until nicely browned.

FRENCH DAINTY

2 cups flour pinch of salt
14 cup shortening sufficient water to moisten

Roll out.Line shallow muffin tins with pastry and put 2 tbsp. filling in each.
Filling for Above

2 eggs 1 cup currants
2 tbsp melted shortening 1 tsp vanilla
1 cup brown sugar |

Beat eggs light, add sugar and melted shortening, currants and vanilla.
Bake until set (about 1% hour).

COCONUT JAM TARTS

Pastry: Jam or Jelly:
4 tbsp butter Vy cup granulated sugar
] cup coconut 1 egg (beaten)
1% tsp salt 4 tsp baking powder

Line tart tins with regular pastry; prick with fork; bake 10 minutes at
350 deg. F. While shells are baking, cream butter, gradually add sugar,
cream well. Add salt and egg, blending well, stir in coconut and baking
powder Put a small tsp. jam or jelly in each tart shell, cover with mixture,
fill 24 full. Bake until light brown (about 15 minutes).

LEMON BUTTER TARTS

l% lb. butter 8 egg whites
2 Ibs. sugar juice and grated rinds of 4 lemons
12 egg yolks

Put all together inv heavy pan and boil until sugar is melted and mixture

all quite thick, keeping well stirred.
Line tart tins with a good pastry and bake. When done place a spoonful

of the filling in each tart shell. A meringue can be made from part of —

the unused egg whites to top the tarts; place in oven until they have
the desired golden tinge. Be sure not to brown.

The lemon butter can be put into sterilized jars and kept as jam.

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