Humble Pie Bakery'S Infamous Butter Tarts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Pastry
1 1/4 cups vegetable shortening
1/4 cup unsalted butter
4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup cold water
Filling
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups corn syrup
1/2 cup raisins

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Cream shortening and butter together by hand or with electric mixer. Sift in flour and salt. Mix until crumbly. Stir in enough cold water to make a soft dough. Knead together for 30 seconds or until dough comes together.
Roll dough out between two sheets of parchment or waxed paper, until 1/8-inch thick. Cut into 4-inch circles to fit muffin pans. Ease into muffin pans. Chill for 30 minutes.
Cream together butter, sugar and salt. Add vinegar, vanilla, eggs and corn syrup. Don't over-mix. Chill for 30 minutes. Stir together before filling tarts.
Fill each pastry shell with 1 tsp raisins. Spoon about 1/4 cup syrup mixture into every cup. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on a rack. The tarts take approximately 2 hours to set; refrigerate to speed up the process. With a small, sharp knife cut around tarts and ease out of tins.