Key Lime Tartlets (recipes) and Burgess, Thornton W(aldo) (sh)

Key Lime Tartlets (recipes)

Key Lime Tartlets

Yield: Makes 18 tartlets

Ingredients:

1package (18 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough

1/2cup finely chopped pecans

1can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

1/4cup plus 1 tablespoon bottled key lime juice

1teaspoon freshly grated lime peel

Whipped cream, additional freshly grated lime peel and lime wedge candies

Preparation:

1.Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 18 standard (2-1/2-inch) muffin pan cups or line with paper or foil Baking cups. Let dough stand at room temperature about 15 minutes.2.Combine dough and pecans in large bowl; beat until well blended. Shape dough into 18 balls; press onto bottoms and up sides of prepared muffin cups.3.Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set. Remove from oven; gently press down center of each cookie cup with back of teaspoon. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove cups from pans; cool completely on wire rack.4.Combine sweetened condensed milk, juice and peel in small bowl; stir until well blended. Divide evenly among cookie cups. Garnish with whipped cream, lime peel and lime candies.

Burgess, Thornton W(aldo) (sh)

born Jan. 14, 1874, Sandwich, Mass., U.S.
died June 5, 1965, Hampden, Mass.

U.S. children's author and naturalist.

He loved Nature as a child. His first book, Old Mother West Wind (1910), introduced the animal characters that were to populate his subsequent stories, which were published in many Languages. He promoted conservationism through his "Wildlife Protection Program," his "Radio Nature League," and Other organizations. He wrote more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for newspaper columns.

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