Recipe - Banbury Tarts

One fourth cup Sugar
2 tablespoon Shortening
One half cup Currants
1 One half tablespoon Minced candied orange peel
1 One half tablespoon Minced candied lemon peel
1/8 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half Egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoon Cookie or biscuit crumbs
1 One half tablespoon Minced candied citron

Cream shortening and sugar. Add candied peel, citron, currants, crumbs,
nutmeg, cinnamon, and egg. Mix thoroughly. Cut plain pastry in rounds 6
inches in diameter. Place 1 tablespoon of fruit mixture on One half of each
round. Moisten edges. Fold like a turnover. Press edges together. Crimp.
Brush with slightly beaten egg, or water. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in hot
oven (450 F) 10 minutes, or until brown.

Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.

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