Milk Tart

Photo: flickr user sleepyneko

Ingredients

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 egg

1/2 cup butter (¼ lb.)

1/2 cup sugar

4 cups milk (breakfast cups - 1 of your China cups)

3 eggs

2 1/2 dessert spoons marzena (cornstarch)

2 1/2 dessert spoons flour

3 dessert spoons butter

3/4 cup sugar

Pinch salt

Preparation

Mix butter and sugar together; add egg and dry ingredients. Press into 2 (10- inch) pie plates. Bake at 325 to 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

A dessert spoon is smaller than a tablespoon; larger than a teaspoon. It is a soup spoon.

Heat milk to boiling point (don't boil). Cream eggs, butter and sugar; add flour, cornstarch and salt. Add this mixture to milk and bring to boil for few minutes; stir constantly.

Before pouring into shells, sprinkle shell with liberal amount of cinnamon. Pour in filling; sprinkle top with plenty of cinnamon (and nutmeg, if desired).

Enjoy! Delicious South African treat.