Recipe

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• 3/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 3/4 cups flour
• 3 teas. baking powder
• 1/2 cup fruit preserves
• frosting
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teas. vanilla
• 2 tbsp. milk

• 1 In mixer or food processor, cream shortening and sugar together and then beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 2 Sift together flour and baking powder and and stir into shortening mixture to make a soft dough.
• 3 Chill for 1 hr.
• 4 Preheat oven to 350F.
• 5 Turn dough out onto a floured surface and roll out 12 rectangles, each 8 x 12 inches.
• 6 Spread one tablespoon of preserves over half of each rectangle, staying well within the edge of the pastry.
• 7 Fold pastry dough over the preserves and trim the edges with a pastry wheel or crimp with a fork to close.
• 8 Place tarts on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 min.
• 9 Let cool.
• 10 Mix vanilla, milk, and powdered sugar until you have a thin frosting.
• 11 Dribble frosting on cooled tarts.
• 12 Pop!