Prune Tarts
Scald the prunes, take out the stones, break them and put the kernels in a little cranberry juice with the prunes, and some sugar. Simmer them, and when cold put in tart shapes in pastry and bake.--Mrs. V. P. M.
Seventeen hundred recipes from the housewives of Old Virginia — Sally Lunn and beaten biscuit, brandy peaches and Brunswick stew — gathered in 1879 by Patrick Henry's granddaughter, with tributes from the First Lady down.
Scald the prunes, take out the stones, break them and put the kernels in a little cranberry juice with the prunes, and some sugar. Simmer them, and when cold put in tart shapes in pastry and bake.--Mrs. V. P. M.