Ingredients
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2 cups flour
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2 tablespoons sugar
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup hard margarine, cut into pieces
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1/3 cup shortening, at room temperature
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1/2 cup ice water
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3 large eggs
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1 cup maple syrup
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3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
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2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
Instructions
- To make pastry: in a medium bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt and baking powder.
- Cut in butter or margarine and shortening until mixture is crumbly.
- Add water, 2 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork; add a little more or less than the 1/2 c water as needed.
- Press mixture into 2 flat disks, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- To make filling: beat together eggs, syrup, brown sugar, melted butter or margarine and vanilla until just blended.
- On a lightly floured board, roll pastry disks to 1/16" thick.
- Cut into 5 inch circles. Roll scraps of dough and cut again. Line 12-3 inch tart pans with pastry. Divide walnuts equally between tart shells. Pour maple syrup mixture over walnuts. Bake at 425°F for 20-25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is soft set. Let stand 15 minutes befire removing from tart pans.