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Lemon Butter Tarts

By: Carol  
"I love butter tarts, and can never get enough. This is one that I make now and then to be a little different."

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Original Recipe Yield 12 small tarts
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 1/3 cup lemon juice
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 12 (3 inch) tart shells, baked
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/4 cup white sugar

Directions

  1. Melt butter or margarine in a saucepan. Add rind, lemon juice, and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Beat eggs and egg yolks until thick, and add to lemon butter mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick. Chill.
  2. Beat 3 egg whites until stiff. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, and continue beating until stiff and glossy. Fill baked tart shells with lemon custard, and top with meringue.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) just until tarts are a delicate brown color.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 351 | Total Fat: 16.1g | Cholesterol: 108mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 6, 2004 by Barb 
Very good! Always turn out! MORE
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Reviewed on Nov. 21, 2004 by LISCHAJACKSON 
This was very good. Everyone raved about how good this was. It was also easy to make MORE
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Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2004 by Luv 2 Bake 
Instead of 3" tarts, I made Mini Tarts (mini muffin tins) and piped the meringue on top. The... MORE
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Reviewed on Dec. 29, 2007 by Julia 
Beautiful dessert! I piped the meringue onto the top so that it would look nice and... MORE
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Reviewed on Mar. 27, 2005 by KMCL1994 
I don't know what I did wrong on this, but it is not good. My merigue will not stick to the... MORE

 
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