Butter tarts
Butter tarts, from above
Non vegEggOntario

Butter tarts

Flaky little tarts with a runny butter and syrup filling. Canada's sweetest argument.

60 minTime
3 gProtein each
mildSpice
Canadian pioneer baking2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayOntario butter tarts with raisins.
The original
302kcalsame
3 gproteinsame
1 gfibresame
60minutessame

Butter tarts.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

12 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Butter½ cup for pastry, 1/4 cup for filling
Salta pinch
Water4 tbsp ice water
Brown sugar1 cup
Golden syrup (golden syrup or light corn syrup)⅓ cup, or maple syrup
Egg2
Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)1 tsp
Vinegar1 tsp
Raisins½ cup

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Make pastry with flour, butter, salt and ice water. Chill 30 minutes.
  2. 2Roll thin, cut 12 rounds and press into a muffin tin.
  3. 3Whisk sugar, syrup, melted butter, eggs, vanilla and vinegar. Scatter raisins in the shells and fill two thirds.
  4. 4Bake at 200 C for 15 to 18 minutes.
Serve it like this

Serve at room temperature on a platter, runny centres facing up, with tea or coffee.

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