Sand Tarts
This is an old family recipe from my Grandmother. We make these only at Christmas time.
This is an old family recipe from my Grandmother. We make these only at Christmas time.
Yield:
makes about 6 dozenIngredients
2-1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups butter
2 eggs, large
4 cups flour, unsifted, unbleached
1 large egg white, beaten
sugar
cinnamon
pecan halves
Instructions
Cream sugar and butter. Beat in 2 eggs. Gradually blend in the flour. Chill dough overnight. Roll as thin as possible on well floured board. Work with ¼ of the dough at a time. Keep remaining dough chilled. Cut into diamonds with a knife. Place on greased cookie sheets. Brush each cookie with beaten egg white. Sprinkle with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Place a pecan half in the center of each cookie. Bake in preheated 350 deg. F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute, then remove to wire racks. Store in airtight tins.
