Dipped Toffee Nut Sand Tarts Recipes

GRANDMA PAUL'S SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 270 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Using an electric mixer at low speed, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. At low speed gradually add the flour. Mix in the pecans with a spatula.
• With floured hands, take out about 1-tablespoon of dough and shape it into crescent. Place the cookies 1-inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Cook's Note: Continue to dust your hands with flour as you make more cookies.
• Bake for 40 minutes. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar while still warm. Cool completely on wire racks and store in airtight containers.

SHELLEY'S TOFFEE TARTS

Steps:

• 1. Bake tart shells until brown.
• 2. Melt toffee & whipping cream in a saucepan on medium heat until smooth.
• 3. Pour into shells & place a chocolate chip in the center of each tart.
• 4. Cool.
• Please note that the prep time depends on how fast you unwrap the toffee and the cooking time depends on your oven and how fast the toffee melts for you.

DIPPED TOFFEE NUT SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Cream powdered sugar, butter and extract till fluffed.
• Mix in salt, flour, pecans, toffee.
• Make 1 inch balls shaped into crescents.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325° for 15 to 20 minutes or until bottom of cookie is light brown.
• Cool completely.
• DIPPING: Microwave chocolate chips and shortening, about 1 minute.
• Stir until smooth texture.
• Dip half of cookie in the chocolate.
• Place on waxed paper until set.

SANDTORTCHEN (SAND TARTS)

Steps:

• Cream sugar and butter.
• Beat in 2 eggs.
• Gradually blend in the flour.
• Chill dough overnight.
• Roll as thin as possible on well floured board.
• Work with 1/4 of the dough at a time.
• Keep remaining dough chilled.
• Cut into diamonds with a knife.
• Place on greased cookie sheets.
• Brush each cookie with beaten egg white.
• Sprinkle with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon.
• Placd a pecan half in center of each cookie.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown.
• Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute, then remove to wire racks.
• Store in airtight tins.

SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Reheat oven to 350 F.
• Cream butter and sugar.
• Work 5 Tablespoons flour, vanilla and nuts into creamed mixture.
• Take teaspoon size of mixture and roll into a ball.
• Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed lightly with oil.
• Bake at 350 F. for 30 minutes.
• Roll tarts in powdered sugar as soon as they are removed from oven.
• When cooled roll tarts in sugar again and store in air tight containers.

AWARD-WINNING MAPLE-NUT-TOFFEE TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine flour and sugar in a bowl. Cut in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Combine egg yolks and milk in a small bowl; stir into flour mixture until dough is blended.
• Press dough, using lightly floured hands, into the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a 12-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Line the unpricked shell with a double thickness of aluminum foil. Place pan on a large baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine condensed milk, maple flavoring, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir pecans, walnuts, and almonds into the batter.
• Remove shell from the oven, leaving oven on, and fill with batter.
• Return tart to the oven and bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack, about 30 minutes.
• Place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and heat in a microwave oven until melted, 1 to 3 minutes. Drizzle tart with melted chocolate. Refrigerate until chocolate has hardened and filling is firm.

GRANDMOM'S SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar and eggs together. Add just enough flour to stiffen. Dough should be slightly sticky. Place dough in the refrigerator and let chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). In a very small bowl combine the egg white and the milk. Set aside.
• Remove small amount of dough from the refrigerator and on a lightly floured surface roll it out very thin. Cut out rounds with a biscuit cutter or drinking glass dipped in flour. Place cookies on a cookie sheet and paint the top with the egg white mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, and top with a pecan half. Repeat until all the dough is used up.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes and the edges are slightly browned. Watch these cookies closely for they burn very easily.

OLD DUTCH SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Cream shortening, salt and sugar together.
• Add flour gradually, working it in well.
• Add beaten eggs and mix thoroughly.
• Cover and chill overnight.
• Roll out thinly on a lightly floured board.
• Cut into rounds; brush with egg white, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar; press a pecan half into center of each cookie.
• Bake at 350F for ten minutes.

NUT TARTS

Steps:

• Make shells by mixing the butter, cream cheese and flour until dough is formed. (You can either mix by hand or use a food processer). Roll dough into balls, approximately 1", and press into ungreased mini muffin tins. Be sure to bring dough up sides of each muffin cup or filling will stick to pan.
• Make filling by mixing the eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, and walnuts. Place 1 Tbs. of filling into each muffin cup.
• Bake at 375F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove tarts and cool completely on wire rack. Dust with powered sugar before serving.