Maids of Honor Recipe

Recipe : Maids of Honor

Ingredients :

Pastry -

1 1/2 cups white plain flour

2 tbsp castor sugar

1 1/2 tbsp custard powder

30g reduced fat butter, chopped into pieces

1/4 cup skim milk

1/4 cup water

1 tbsp water extra if needed

Filling -

1 egg

2 egg whites

90g castor sugar

1/4 cup Splenda artificial sweetener powder

3/4 cup white self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

18 tsp jam (your choice) - try blackberry or apricot

icing sugar, for decoration

Method :

Pastry -

Sift the flour, sugar and custard powder into a large shallow bowl. Rub in the butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Gradually add the combined milk and water (using the extra tbsp if necessary) to the flour, mixing with hands until dough just clings together. Press into a round ball and refrigerate, wrapped in plastic food wrap, for 30 minutes or longer before rolling and baking.

When ready, preheat oven to 200C and lightly spray 18 tartlet cases or small muffin cases with vegetable oil spray. Roll out half the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is approximately 3mm thick. Using a 7.5cm cutter cut out circles to line 6cm tartlet/muffin cases.

Repeat the rolling process with the rest of the pastry (using the leftover pieces as well) until you have 18 cases.

Filling -

Put the egg, egg whites and the castor sugar in a medium siz bowl (not plastic) and beat with an electric mixer for 8-10 minutes until mixture is thick and creamy. Fold in the artificial sweetener.

Sift the flour and baking powder together and then sift them gradually into the egg mixture. Stir in gently with a large metal spoon just until combined. (Do not over mix).

Place 1 tsp of jam in each tartlet case and then pour some of the sponge mixture over the jam in each pastry case. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until sponge just springs back when gently touched with your fingertip. When cooled, sprinkle with a little sifted icing sugar.

Makes 18

Each Tart -

Fat - 1.4g

Kilojoules - 493

Calories - 117

Carbohydrates - 24.5g

Protein - 2.6g

Fibre - 0.6g

Delicate sponge filled tartlets with sweet jam centres!

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