Paste for Tarts

This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook Household Cyclopedia by Henry Hartshorne.

Ingredients

  • 1 ounce white granulated sugar
  • 1 pound fine flour
  • 3 ounces butter
  • 1 gill cream, boiling
Paste for Tarts

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Procedure

  1. Combine the sugar and flour.
  2. Make it into a stiff paste with the boiling cream and butter.
  3. Work the dough well, and roll it very thinly.