1/4 c Sugar
2 tb Shortening
1/2 c Currants
1 1/2 tb Minced candied orange peel
1 1/2 tb Minced candied lemon peel
1/8 ts Nutmeg
1/8 ts Cinnamon
1/2 Egg, slightly beaten
2 tb Cookie or biscuit crumbs
1 1/2 tb Minced candied citron
Cream shortening and sugar. Add candied peel, citron, currants, crumbs,
nutmeg, cinnamon, and egg. Mix thoroughly. Cut plain pastry in rounds 6
inches in diameter. Place 1 tablespoon of fruit mixture on 1/2 of each
round. Moisten edges. Fold like a turnover. Press edges together. Crimp.
Brush with slightly beaten egg, or water. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in hot
oven (450 F) 10 minutes, or until brown.
Florence Taft Eaton, Concord, MA.
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Yields
6 Servings