LEMON and other TARTS

Lemon Tarts (USE ORGANIC INGREDIENTS WHEN ever POSSIBLE)
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 cups sugar (or, 1 1/2)
4 eggs (organic)
1 tablespoons flour
1/3 cup lemon juice
grated zest of one lemon
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time the add the remaining ingredients. Fill shell 2/3 full and bake 30 minutes; Yields 32 tarts

Shell; you can sub. store bought pie shells.
1 cup butter (organic best)
1/2 cup sugar or 1/4 will do
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2 cup flour
Pre-heat oven 325
Cream the butter and sugar thoroughly. Beat in egg and vanilla then stir in flour. Drop a rounded teaspoon of dough into each greased tin. Press batter over bottom and up sides.

BASIC Filling:
3 eggs
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups finely ground blanched almonds
1 tsp. vanilla
Garnish with a candied cherry
Mix and fill in unbaked shells about 3/4 full bake 25 30 minutes let cool in pan. The should slip out easily. yields 42 tarts

Other Variations;
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbs softened butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped Walnuts or Pecans
Stir together first five ingredients. Sprinkle 1/2 nut meats into shells; add rounded teaspoon of filling to about 2/3 full; top with another 1/2 teaspoon chopped walnuts.

Bake; This can take the place of pecan pie with half the calories and no corn syrup to increase appetites .
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