Tarts

Ingredients

• 1 cup of flour
• lard
• about one tablespoon of water

Method

1. 1

   Rub the flour and lard together until it resembles coarse powder.

2. 2

   Make a well in the flour, pour in the water, and mix well.

3. 3

   Let it rest, then cut the paste into five pieces and roll each out to about one-eighth of an inch thick.

4. 4

   Cut out shapes and save trimmings for the last tart.

5. 5

   Bake in a very hot oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Mary Frances cook book (1912) by Jane Eayre Fryer, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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