Makrut Maltese Date Tarts

• Pie Crust:
• any pie dough receipe may used, pick your favorite one, I use the shorteningCrisco one.
• After pie crust dough is prepared, roll out to about one-quarter thickness & about 18 inches.

1. Filling:
2. one package of pitted dates
3. 1/4 tsp.cloves,1/4 tsp.nutmeg
4. Salad oil to cover dates in saucepan
5. Place CHOPPED dates in saucepan with salad oil to cover the dates. Over LOW heat,
6. keep mashing the dates, adding
7. 1/4 cup hot water to help soften dates, then add the spices keep mashing and stirring slowly, till dates & spices are mixed & soft enough to spreadlike a thick paste
8. Pre-heat oven @ 450 degrees.
9. Roll out the dough to the thickness & length as indicated in pie-crust dough:
10. When date mixture is spread out on pie-crust, fold crust mixture
11. slice in angle, seal dough with alitte water & fork.
12. Place tarts on sligthly greased
13. cooking sheet, place in pre-heated oven fork 10 minutes, then REDUCE oven heat to 350 degarees, for 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

pie crust, favorite one, crust

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/makrut-maltese-date-tarts-1210935 (may not work)