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
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
December 8th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Love this!
February 1st, 2012 at 2:47 pm
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