Portuguese Lemon Tartlets Queijadas De Leite Recipes

PORTUGUESE MILK TARTS (QUEIJADAS DE LEITE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray (recipe will fill 18 cups of a muffin tin).
• In a large bowl beat the eggs, sugar and melted butter with a fork or whisk until smooth.
• Add in the flour and mix until smooth.
• Add in the warm milk and mix until smooth. The batter will be very thin and runny.
• Pour into the greased muffin tins filling each cup 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake 20 - 30 minutes, or until golden brown, on the middle rack of oven.
• Note: while baking the tarts will puff up and while cooling they will sink.
• Remove from oven. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of each tart (optional).
• Allow tarts to cool in pan for 5-10 minutes and then carefully remove from pan. Use a knife or cake spatula to loosen the edges of the tart from the pan to remove.

PORTUGUESE LEMON TARTLETS (QUEIJADAS DE LEITE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease and flour 24 cups in 1 or 2 regular-sized cupcake pans; set aside.
• Heat milk to almost boiling, but remove from heat before scalding.
• In an electric mixer, cream the melted butter, sugar, eggs, lemon zest and lemon juice. Slowly add the flour and heated milk, and mix on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Divide the batter equally among the 24 cupcake cups, filling about 1/2 to 3/4 full.
• Place cupcake tins in preheated oven, and bake for 45 minutes. Let cool in pan before removing cupcakes from the pan. The center will be a little sunken and wiggly, that's OK.
• They're usually served unfrosted, but you can lightly dust the tops with a little sifted powdered sugar or shredded coconut, if you like. Another option is to spoon fresh sliced berries on top, just before serving.