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Banbury Tarts

(England.) Banbury, of nursery fame, is celebrated for a certain kind of tart or turnover which its bakers have sold for many years. Beat 1/2 pound butter to a cream, with 1 pound of candied orange and lemon peel, cut fine, 1 pound currants, 1/2 ounce of cinnamon, and 1 ounce of allspice. Make some puff paste, quite rich, set it on ice overnight, and roll it, very thin, cut into squares. Fill these with the mincemeat, fold into triangles, pinch the edges, dust with sugar and yolk of egg, bake 15 minutes in a hot oven, and serve cold.