TART SHELLS: Cut the butter into the flour; add the sugar rand knead untilwell blended. Press small amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Presssmall amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Bake in a 425F oven for 10minutes. When cool fill with the following:

FILLING: Simmer the aboveingredients until the dates are of soft consistency. Cool; then fill thetart shells. Ice with butter icing.