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Eggless Butter Tarts

Ingredients
  

For The Short Crust Pastry

  • Flour-1 1/4cups
  • Salt-1/4tsp
  • Sugar-1tbs
  • Cold Unsalted Butter-1/2cup
  • Ice water-1/8-1/4cup

For The Filling

  • Butter-1/3cup
  • Light Brown Sugar-1cup
  • Bread Slices-3 remove the sides
  • Milk-1/2cup
  • Vanilla Essence-1tsp
  • Walnuts-1/2cup

Instructions
 

For The Short Crust Pastry

  • 1. Mix flour and salt in a bowl.
  • 2. Cut butter into cubes and add it to the flour.
  • 3. Rub with your fingers and prepare a crumbly flour.
  • 4. Add water little by little and bring the dough together. Do not add more water.
  • 5. Knead and cover the dough in a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

For The Filling

  • 1. In a bow, beat butter and sugar until creamy.
  • 2. In a mixer grind bread slices along with 1/8cup of milk to a smooth paste.
  • 3. Add the remaining milk and mix.
  • 4. Add this milk mixture to the butter sugar and whisk well.
  • 5. Add in the essence and chopped nuts.
  • 6. Keep it aside.

Arranging And Baking The Tarts

  • 1. Preheat oven to 190C.
  • 2. Remove dough from fridge and let it sit on counter for 5minutes.
  • 3. Dust the counter and place the dough on it.
  • 4. Carefully roll it out into a thin circle.
  • 5. Cut it into 10cm rounds using a biscuit cutter.
  • 6. Grease a muffin tin and place the rounds inside the cases.
  • 7. Fill each base with the filling to 3/4th.
  • 8. Bake until the base is golden in colour.
  • 9. Remove from oven and let it cool completely before removing it from the pan.
  • 10. Gently remove from the pan using a sharp knife.
  • 11. Serve and Enjoy.