Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

I was very happy with these tarts, and I only made two minor changes to the recipe: I didn't have unsalted butter so I just didn't add the extra salt and I used maple sugar instead of brown sugar, but since the flavour didn't really come through next time I probably just use brown sugar. I should note that I did have to flour up the work surface and the rolling pin pretty well to keep the dough from getting to sticky, but otherwise it was great!

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HeatherFG

Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2009

I think part of the problem some of the users here have is because the recipe does not tell you to keep the butter as cold as possible - this is the clue to any great pie crust - butter should stay cold, cold, cold. The best thing to do is mix all the ingredients lightly then balling it up and letting the crust sit in the fridge (to get the butter cold again) and then quickly work the crust for the tart. Doing this the crust worked fine and tasted great.

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2008

I thought these were lovely. Did not find the dough hard to work with, but then I often add more or less flour depending on how dry or sticky it is (usually need to add a little more).

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RAZZMATAZZ

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2007

This was terrible. I couldn't even get the dough to work, it was so greasy and flimsy. I ended up having to scrub the counters to get all the butter off.

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Lindz

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Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2005

I liked this recipe but I made a lot of changes. I used pecans, apples, brown sugar and maple syrup. I also used prepared tart shells and just pulled up the edges to make them fold over. They were a hit at my meeting.

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2005

These were the worst apple tarts I've ever had. The dough was terrible and very difficult to fold over the apples. The only thing I liked in this recipe was the mixture of apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

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