Apple Streusel Tarts

Recipe yield: 12-4" tarts

Streusel Topping

1 cup  Sugar
1 cup  All Purpose Flour
1 tsp.  Salt
1 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/4 lb.  Butter (Cubed)
1 Egg

In a food processor, pulse sugar, flour, salt & baking powder.  Add butter; pulse one minute then add egg and pulse until just incorporated.

Sugar Dough

1/2 lb. Sugar
1 lb.   Butter
4 Eggs
Pinch  Salt
1 tsp.  Almond Extract
1 1/2 lbs. Flour

Cream sugar and butter.  Add eggs, salt & almond extract & mix until incorporated.  Add flour mix with hook attachment until ball forms.  Let rest one half hour in refrigerator.

Apple Filling

6  Granny Smith Apples (Peeled, Cored & Sliced Thin)
1 cup  Sugar
1 T  Cinnamon

Divide dough, roll & line 12-4" tart shells (with false bottoms).  Fill with apples.  Top with streusel.  Bake in preheated 325º oven for 45 minutes. 
Let cool slightly & remove tart pans & serve with ice cream & caramel sauce.

Quick Caramel Sauce

1/2 lb. Brown Sugar
1 cup  Heavy Cream

Combine in heavy sauce pan; bring to boil & reduce to sauce consistency.