Mom's Famous Butter Tarts

Mom, Girlie, Gigs, Mur, Murferd

Pastry:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup buter chilled & cut into 1/2” pieces
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup lard cut into 1/2” pieces
1 tsp baking powder
2-4 tbsp ice water


Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl. Cut in butter and lard until it resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle 2 tbsp of ice water over flour and knead gentle until dough holds together. Shape dough into 2 rounds disks, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour. On floured surface roll to 1/8 thickness, cut to fit tart pans (12 big or 24 little). Preheat oven to 350 F.

Filling:
2/3 cup butter
2 beaten eggs
1 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup raisins
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup walnuts


Combine butter, corn syrup, and sugar in heavy bottom saucepan. Cook until butter is melted and sugar dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Whisk in eggs, blending until mixture becomes glossy. Sprinkle raisins and walnuts into the tart shells. Fill shell 2/3 full. Bake until tarts are golden about 15-20 minutes.