Lemon Butter Tarts recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter
2 teaspoons lemon zest
⅓ cup lemon juice
1 ½ cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
12 (3 inch) tart shells, baked
3 egg whites
¼ cup white sugar

Nutrition Info

350.7 calories
carbohydrate: 48.8 g
cholesterol: 101.3 mg
fat: 16.1 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 4.4 g
saturatedFat: 7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 177.4 mg
sugar: 34.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

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.

Recipe Yield

12 small tarts

Recipe Note

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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