Neenish Tarts

A delish cookie from New Zealand. My good friend from N.Z. often makes these little tarts. They have a filling made from condensed milk, one of my favorite things. Here is my first attempt at making them. Not as pretty as hers, but very tasty.

On the left is the tart pan and the cookie shells.

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Neenish Tarts
Modified from http://www.recipezaar.com/Neenish-Tarts-51665

PASTRY (Same as Christine’s)
    4 ounces butter
    4 ounces sugar
    1 egg
    8 ounces flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/8 teaspoon salt

FILLING
    4 tablespoons butter
    4 tablespoons icing sugar
    4 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
    2 tablespoons lemon juice

DIRECTIONS
Turn the oven on to 350 deg F.
Cream the butter and sugar, add egg and beat well.
Mix in sifted dry ingredients.

Knead well.
Roll out and line patty tins, prick and bake about 10-15 minutes.
When cold, fill with the filling.
Filling: Soften the butter, add the sifted icing sugar, condensed milk and lemon juice.
When set, ice half the top with white icing and half with chocolate icing.

To make the icing, get two bowls and put in each:

5 Tablespoons Icing sugar
1 Teaspoon butter
(In one bowl put 2 teaspoons of cocoa)

Add boiling water a teaspoon at a time until the icing is thick, not runny

Ice one side of each tart White, and the other side with the chocolate icing. Let the icing set