Maple Walnut Tarts

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup hard margarine, cut into pieces
• 1/3 cup shortening, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup ice water
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 to make pastry: in a medium bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt and baking powder.
• 2 cut in butter or margarine and shortening until mixture is crumbly.
• 3 add water, 2 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork; add a little more or less than the 1/2 c water as needed.
• 4 press mixture into 2 flat disks, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 5 to make filling: beat together eggs, syrup, brown sugar, melted butter or margarine and vanilla until just blended.
• 6 on a lightly floured board, roll pastry disks to 1/16" thick.
• 7 cut into 5 inch circles. roll scraps of dough and cut again. line 12-3 inch tart pans with pastry. divide walnuts equally between tart shells. pour maple syrup mixture over walnuts. bake at 425°f for 20-25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is soft set. let stand 15 minutes befire removing from tart pans.