1930 Kentish Tartlets

Won forth prize in Sunday Times Recipe Contest (reference)

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz (60 g) butter

  • 2 oz (60 g) sugar

  • 2 oz (60 g) flour

  • 1 egg

  • ½ teaspoonful baking powder

  • pinch of salt

  • few drops essence of almonds

  • Short pastry

  • Jam

Method:

  1. Beat butter and sugar to cream then beat in egg

  2. Add baking powder and salt to flour then sieve it lightly into the mixture

  3. Add flavoring and mix it together

  4. Line some patty pans with a nice short pastry then put in ½ a teaspoonful of jam and 1 teaspoon of mixture on top

  5. Bake in a moderate over for 20 minutes.

Submitted by Mrs M. Weston, 83 Silas-street, East Fremantle