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Mincemeat Tarts

Posted on 03 December 2011 by Cathy

This is my grandmother Claire’s recipe. My father could sit with the whole batch and finish them off in one day! Whenever I make this I can hear my dad thanking me for making them because he loved them that much. It also brings back many memories of Christmas especially of times with the family. I remember being in the kitchen with my grandmother helping her to make them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 cup crisco
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup ice cold water
1 jar mincemeat or make your own
1 cup Confectioners Sugar

This is what the written recipe says:
Preheat the oven to 350 F and strain the mincemeat – lump it all & mix. Flour fingertips to work. Wet paper towel and cover bowl. Roll out dough and cut into squares. 1 tsp. mince on middle of square. Roll and tuck ends or squeeze. Cookie sheet ungreased. Put fork marks on top to release air. Check. Powdered sugar to cover after finished.

Now let me break this down for you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure out the crisco


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrape it into a bowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure out the flour and add to the bowl


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the salt


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Add the baking powder


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the ice water


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See it is all lumped together now per her recipe


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flour your fingers and work the dough until it comes together smooth. Wet a paper towel and cover the dough in the bowl


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like to divide the dough and only work with half at a time. Roll it out and cut into squares


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put 1 teaspoon of mincemeat in the middle of the square


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuck the end, squeeze and place on an ungreased cookie sheet


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep working until all the dough is gone


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put fork marks on top to release steam


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes or until lightly brown


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put confectioners sugar into a bowl


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toss the hot tarts with the sugar and let cool


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serve warm or cool.. YUM!!!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what they look like inside…… Oh the memories

2 Comments For This Post

  1. Kimi Greenwade Says:

    Love this!

  2. Casandra Evans Says:

    Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. – Chinese Proverb Thank you for this!!

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