maid of honor tart

English

Noun

maid of honor tart (plural maid of honor tarts)

1. (US) Alternative form of maids of honour tart.
   • 1905 January, E. M., “Prune Desserts”, in Good Housekeeping, volume xl, number 1 (whole 315), page 93, column 1:

     Maid of Honor Tarts / Pare and grate one cocoanut and chop finely one pound of prunes.

   • 1933, The Floral Homemakers Cook Book, Saskatoon, Sask.: The Nutana Herald, page 28:

     MAID OF HONOR TARTS—½ cup butter, or Crisco; 2 unbeaten egg; ¾ cup white sugar; 2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder.

   • 1949, “Pies and Tarts”, in Evening Guild Recipe Book, Roblin, Man.: Evening Guild of the Roblin United Church, page 47:

     MAID OF HONOR TARTS _ MRS. L. LIETZ / ½ cup butter / 2 eggs unbeaten / 2 cups flour / 2 tsp. baking powder / ½ cup chopped nuts or cocoanut / 2 tbsp. milk or a little more / ¾ cup white sugar / ½ tsp. salt / 1 and 1/3 cups raspberry jam or other desired filling

   • 1953 June 12, Alan Harvey, “Barons of Beef Back: 160-Pound Joints Carved; London Host to Queen”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 120, number 137, Victoria, B.C., page 23:

     Seven hundred guests, including virtually all members of the Royal Family, high officers of state, some Commonwealth prime ministers, colonial rulers and top-ranking diplomats, will sit down to a lavish menu of clear turtle soup, Scottish salmon, cold beef and jacket potatoes, Norfolk asparagus, ice cream pudding, Kent strawberries and maid of honor tarts made from a secret recipe.

   • 1983, Patricia Clapp, “Through the Eyes of an Author: Making the Past Come Alive”, in Donna E. Norton, Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature, Columbus, Oh.: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 447:

     But what I absorb must become a natural part of the narrative, not paragraphs of exposition which most young people skip over as quickly as possible. For example, there is no need to describe the pastry of the 1780’s by giving the recipe for Maid of Honor Tarts when Deborah Sampson makes them. It is enough to mention the succulent ingredients, the sugar and butter, the ground almonds and sherry wine, the currant preserves spread in the bottoms of the patty pans.

   • 1983 March, Gourmet, page 66, column 3:

     Maid of Honor Tart (Almond and Quince Tart)

   • 1985, Renny Darling, Easiest & Best! Coffee Cakes and Quick Breads, Beverly Hills, Calif.: Royal House Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 224:

     If you love almonds, you will love these bar cookies that are fashioned after the Maid of Honor Tarts we enjoyed when we visited Wales.

   • 1987, Carol Ferguson, the food writers of Canadian Living Magazine, The Canadian Living Cookbook, Canadian Living/Madison Press, →ISBN, page 275:

     [RECIPE TITLE] Maid of Honor Tarts [CONTRIBUTOR] Test Kitchen [PAGE] 235

   • 1993, Norma Bidwell, The Norma Bidwell Cookbook, Hamilton, Ont.: The Spectator, →ISBN, page 110:

     Maid of Honor Tarts / This recipe for delicious little coconut and jam tarts was handed down in a Hamilton family for three generations and was served at a 50th wedding anniversary, a 25th anniversary and a wedding which all took place the same day.

   • 2013, Collette Cameron, chapter 18, in Highlander’s Hope, Macedon, N.Y.: Soul Mate Publishing, →ISBN, page 153:

     Handing Vangie the steaming brew, she prompted, “Would you like an almond shortbread biscuit or a maid of honor tart?”