Fruit Tarts

crust

2c flour

1t salt

1/3c sugar

2/3c margarine

1/4c water

Mix dry ingredients. Remove 1/3c and mix it with water to form a paste. Cut margarine into remaining flour mixture until pebbly, then add paste and knead. Pastry cutters are your friend. Roll out into 6" circles.

filling

3 apples

2 pears

some blueberries

1c turbinado sugar

2-3T margarine

cinnamon

nutmeg

cloves

pinch of salt

lemon juice

cornstarch

Cut and peel apples and pears and stir in a pot with lemon juice. Spice to taste. Start cooking and add in everything but cornstarch and blueberries. Stir in cornstarch about a half teaspoon at a time until liquid is absorbed into a gel, whatever consistency you like. Then add berries and stir. Spoon filling into pastry circles and pinch the edges together firmly. Poke holes in tarts with a fork, brush with melted margarine, and sprinkle sugar on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for about half an hour.

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