Brown Sugar Cookie Tart Dough

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1/2 cup shortening
8 tbsps butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 large egg

2 cups flour
1/2 cup corn starch

Beat shortening and butter till well blended. Blend in 2 sugars. Add egg and vanilla and blend well.

Mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and corn starch. Add in batches to th butter mixture.

Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 20 minutes.

To bake blind –

Fill tart shells and bake at 350 degrees for 8-15 minutes till lightly browned.

Shells can be frozen unbaked or baked.

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