These are really good! I'm making them for my Literary League program on Duncan Hines. And, of course I had to taste one or two or . . . just to make sure they were edible |
Even Duncan Hines contributed a few of his favorite recipes to his original 1939 edition of Adventures in Good Eating and The Art of Carving in the Home, including the one for Taffy Tarts. As I have been preparing a literary program on The Man Behind the Cake Mix, I’ve discovered an array of interesting tidbits about him. Here are just a few:
· Favorite saying in reference to a really good restaurant, “it makes a man wish for hollow legs.”
· He was extremely honest and often said, “One can easily earn another dollar, but if one loses his reputation, an opportunity may never again present itself to earn it back.”
· Motto – “Have what you want, but want what you have.”
· His persona was acknowledged in Guys and Dolls in the song “If I Were a Bell.”
· He even had a horse race named after him – the Omaha Duncan Hines’ purse.
Duncan lists the yield as eight tarts (he used muffin cups); I used mini tart pan, 1 ¾” diameter; there was enough filling to fill 40 of the mini tarts. I added a dollop of whipped cream to each right before serving.
Taffy Tarts Makes 8 tarts
Pie pastry—make your favorite recipe
¼ cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
1 egg
½ cup currants
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla
1. Fit pasty into greased muffin tins.
I used mini tart pans, 1 3/r" diameter; they are sitting on a rimmed cookie sheet. |
2. Cream butter, add sugar and blend well. Beat egg slightly and stir in.
3. Add milk, currants and vanilla. Pour into pastry lined tins and bake in 350° oven for 30 minutes. (I baked the small tarts for just 15 to 20 minutes.
Filled tarts are ready to go into the oven. |
Here they are — cooling on a rack. |
Recipe #580 in Adventures in Good Eating and The Art of Carving in the Home..
Other Duncan Hines recipes included on our blog:
* Betty Cass' Brown Sugar Cookies * Chocolate Upside Down Cake * Date & Nut Cakes * Fudge Squares *Hot Toasted Cheese Hors d’Oeuvres (or Sandwiches) *Nut Macaroons
* Betty Cass' Brown Sugar Cookies * Chocolate Upside Down Cake * Date & Nut Cakes * Fudge Squares *Hot Toasted Cheese Hors d’Oeuvres (or Sandwiches) *Nut Macaroons
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