Richard Sax

Sand Tarts

Preparation info
  • Makes

    3½ to 4 dozen

    cookies
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Richard Sax

Published 1994

  • About

These crisp, fragile wafers are rich with butter and have a high proportion of sugar that makes them crackle like glass. The recipe is loosely adapted from the handwritten manuscript of Mrs. Henry W. Darling, compiled from about 1882 to 1893 in Schenectady, New York.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar

Method

  1. Beat the butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Add ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon of the sugar and beat until light. Beat in the egg yolks, hot water and vanilla until