GRAMMA'S BUTTER TARTS

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This is my Grandma's recipe for butter tarts in homemade pastry.

Provided by GoGoGoMom

Categories Desserts Pies Tarts Fruit Tart Recipes

Time 2h50m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound lard (such as Tenderflake®)
1 egg, lightly beaten
11 tablespoons ice cold water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
¼ cup melted butter
2 eggs
1 cup raisins, rinsed and patted dry
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

Whisk flour and 1 teaspoon salt together in a large bowl; cut lard into flour mixture with a pastry blender until crumbly. Make a well in the flour mixture and place 1 beaten egg into the well.
Pour ice cold water and vinegar into flour mixture; stir with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. Divide dough into two balls; wrap dough in waxed paper and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; beat in 2 eggs one at a time. Stir raisins and vanilla extract into butter mixture.
Roll out one ball of dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness; reserve remaining dough for another use. Cut dough into circles large enough to fit into the bottom and partway up sides of the wells of a muffin tin using a round biscuit cutter. Press dough circles lightly into muffin tin to form tart shells; fill each shell 3/4 full with raisin mixture.
Bake in the preheated oven until filling is bubbly and pastry is lightly browned, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 325.8 calories, Carbohydrate 29.7 g, Cholesterol 46.3 mg, Fat 21.7 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 8.9 g, Sodium 123.1 mg, Sugar 12.6 g