January 4, 2009

Cape Breton Pork Pies

Cape Breton Pork Pies

 
1 Cup butter
4 Tablespoons icing sugar and 
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Cups white flour

Beat butter and sugars together.  Cut in flour.  Knead it until it is workable.

Press into tiny muffin tins. 
Bake at 324 for 18 minutes. Cool

On the stovetop cook the following until smooth:

2 Cups chopped dates
1 1/2 Cup brown sugar
1 Cup boiling water
I Teaspoon vanilla extract

Add a spoonful of the date mixture onto each shell.

Top with Maple flavour butter icing

Mix together 1/2 cup of softened butter, 2and 1/4 cups powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons of milk (or more if necessary) and 1 Teaspoon of maple extract

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Posted by:Bubbles @ 10:06 pm

1 Comment »

  1. Ah well there goes the diet!! Why pork pies I wodner? Do you know?Thre soudn very yummy!

    Comment by frazzled — January 5, 2009 @ 5:07 pm

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