Coconut Apple Tarts

Since after making watermelon egg tarts, hooked on tarts already! I used to have phobia trying to rub in butter into flour, but this time round manage without any problems. I manage to use up all the fillings and get 13 medium size tarts at the end. I am happy with the results of this tarts as the crust are nicely mould and is thin and crunchy after baking.

Tart Crust Ingredient (24 small tarts)

• 250gm plain flour
• 15gm milk powder
• 60gm sugar
• 170gm butter
• 40gm beaten egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Combine flour, milk powder and sugar. Rub in butter until mixture resemble bread crumbs. Add in beaten egg, knead to form dough.
2. Wrap the dough the plastic wrap and chill for 1/2 hour until ready for use.

Fillings

• 2 apples (peel n cube)
• 70gm butter
• 100gm sugar (i used 60gm only)
• 60gm desiccated coconut
• 2 egg beaten
• 1 tbsp flour
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 40ml water
• 100ml evaporated milk

Method

1. Melt butter with sugar. Add in apple cubes, stir-fry until apples are slightly tender. Remove and leave to cool.
2. Add in the remaining ingredients into the apple mixture, mix well.
3. Spoon filling into prepared tart cases. Baked in preheated oven at 180 deg cel for 30mins.