Redfield Recipes: Butter Tarts

Butter Tarts

	pastry for 12 tarts (Short Crust Pastry is good)
Filling
¹/₃	cup	butter or margarine
1	cup	brown sugar (dark is best)
2	Tb	milk or cream
¹/₂	cup	currants
1	egg, beaten
1	tsp	vanilla

Make 12 tart shells with the pastry.

Melt butter, then add sugar and milk or cream. Add currants, vanilla, and egg, mixing thoroughly. Put filling in tart shells.

Bake at 450°F for 8 minutes, then reduce heat to 350°F and bake until the tarts are delicately brown.

Make for the sugar fiend in the family.