Recipe for molasses tarts from Margaret Decker's cookbook, Joe Batt's Arm

Manuscript recipe for the crust of butter tarts. The text reads: Molasses Tarts 4 cups of flour 2 ½ tsp. cloves 2 ½ tsp cinnamon 1 tsp of ginger Mix together Cream 1 cup of butter. ¼ cup of molasses. Mix together. 2 tsp of baking soda and ¼ cup of tea. Stir in dry ingredients. Roll out on flour boar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Power, Maureen
Other Authors: Decker, Margaret, Margaret Decker, maiden name Emberley,was born and raised in Joe Batt's Arm. Her husband, Peter Decker, was a fisherman. She has three brothers: Aneas, Peter and Joe. Margaret has three children: Nicole, Amanda and Peter Junior; and two grandchildren: Cameron and Anna who belong to her daughter Nicole and her husband Dave Torraville, Town of Fogo.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Food
Jam Tarts
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_cn/id/327
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Summary:Manuscript recipe for the crust of butter tarts. The text reads: Molasses Tarts 4 cups of flour 2 ½ tsp. cloves 2 ½ tsp cinnamon 1 tsp of ginger Mix together Cream 1 cup of butter. ¼ cup of molasses. Mix together. 2 tsp of baking soda and ¼ cup of tea. Stir in dry ingredients. Roll out on flour board Fill with jam and bake for 20 min. In moderate oven.

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