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Cashew Boat Tarts
Ingredients
Crust
- 1 stick of butter + 1 tbsp salted and melted
- 1 egg
- ½ cup powder sugar
- 1 ½ cup flour
Filling
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup cashews chopped
- 1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
- 3 tbsp crushed graham crackers optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
Crust
- Mix flour, icing, sugar, butter and egg till a dough forms. You can use a mixer to make it easier or do by hand and knead for a few minutes on a lightly floured surface. Form a ball and wrap in saran wrap. Refrigerate for 20- 30 Minutes.
Filling
- Combine all filling ingredients and lightly mix with a whisk. Do not over mix.
Assembly
- Take a small section of dough and press into the mold with your thumb, removing any excess. Use a fork to press into the base of the dough molds about one to two times.
- Using a small table spoon, scoop filling into molds filling ⅔ of the way. Do not over fill.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes until browning starts to form. It will look wobbly still, but the filling will harden once left to rest for 10 minutes or so.
Video
Tita Lorna’s Boat Tarts
My Tita Lorna lives in Queens, but almost every week she visits my mom. When I tell you, this woman NEVER comes empty handed, I MEAN it. Some days she comes with takeout containers labeled for both my mother and I, ranging from savory pancit to sweet bibingka. She even pre-marinates meat for me. She is a gem. Many of the things she makes are my favorite, but my love for her boat tarts transcends space and time. After years of her making it for me and hearing me say how much I love them, she dropped off a set of boat tart molds and a recipe to my mom so that I could make them on my own. This recipe had my family and I laughing for a while because it called for half an egg. None of us, including my Tita Lorna, knew what that meant. Nonetheless, I tweaked around and made the recipe which came out *chefs kiss* and now, it is kind of my go-to treat to bring to gatherings.
The Molds
So, as I said, my aunt gave me a set of molds, but turns out I needed more. So I went to Kerekes Bake Deco on 15th Ave and they had some in their tart aisle but I will also link some here from amazon.
