I love butter tarts, and can never get enough. This is one that I make now and then to be a little different.
Ingredients
- 0.5 cups butter
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 0.33 cups lemon juice
- 1.5 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 eggs yolks
- 12 , 3 inch
- 3 eggs whites
- 0.25 cups white sugar
Instructions
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1
Melt butter or margarine in a saucepan. Add rind, lemon juice, and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Beat eggs and egg yolks until thick, and add to lemon butter mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick. Chill.
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2
Beat 3 egg whites until stiff. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, and continue beating until stiff and glossy. Fill baked tart shells with lemon custard, and top with meringue.
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3
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) just until tarts are a delicate brown color.
Nutrition Facts
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