Maple Walnut Tarts

• Flaky Pastry
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup cold butter or 1/2 cup hard margarine, cut into pieces
• 1/3 cup shortening, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup ice water
• Walnut Filling
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped

1. To make pastry: in a medium bowl, combine flour,sugar,salt and baking powder.
2. Cut in butter or margarine and shortening until mixture is crumbly.
3. Add water, 2 tbsp at a time, mixing with a fork; add a little more or less than the 1/2 c water as needed.
4. Press mixture into 2 flat disks, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. To make filling: beat together eggs, syrup, brown sugar, melted butter or margarine and vanilla until just blended.
6. On a lightly floured board, roll pastry disks to 1/16" thick.
7. Cut into 5 inch circles. Roll scraps of dough and cut again. Line 12-3 inch tart pans with pastry. Divide walnuts equally between tart shells. Pour maple syrup mixture over walnuts. Bake at 425u0b0F for 20-25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is soft set. Let stand 15 minutes befire removing from tart pans.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/maple-walnut-tarts-115064 (may not work)