Best Ever Butter Tarts
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Recipe: #2363
November 11, 2011
Categories: Desserts, Fruit, Raisin, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Kid Pleaser, One-Pot Meal, Quick Meals, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Entertaining, Fall/Autumn, Father's Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Ladies Luncheon, Mother's Day, New Years, Picnic, Potluck, Regional Holiday, Summer, Thanksgiving, Wedding, Winter, Oven Bake, Make it from scratch, Pies, Spring more
"Butter Tarts, sweet, buttery, scrumptious flaky melt in your mouth treats that are a must make at our house at holiday time. Many families have their versions for this Canadian classic, this one is ours and the one I have been making for holidays and special occasions for many, many years. The recipe was passed to me as 'Best Ever Butter Tarts' I have agree - they are the best I've ever made! Another of our 'Christmas traditions in the making' and is being passed down to my family"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (49.1 g)
- Calories 164.1
- Total Fat - 7.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.4 g
- Cholesterol - 27.5 mg
- Sodium - 145.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 23.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 12.7 g
- Protein - 2 g
- Calcium - 21.4 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step 1
Prepare you favourite pasty, roll to 1/8 thick
Step 2
Using a large round cookie cutter or lid, cut and fit into muffin cups. Do not prick
Step 3
I like to cover with wax paper or plastic wrap while preparing the filling
Step 4
Pour boiling water over raisins, let soak until white. Drain, dry well with paper towel
Step 5
In mixing bowl, cream butter, add brown sugar beating in thoroughly
Step 6
Add in salt,corn syrup, beaten egg ,vanilla and lemon juice mix together
Step 7
Fold in raisins or divide raisins equally into your prepared shells
Step 8
Fill 2/3 full, bake in a preheated oven at 375 20 - 20 minutes or until pastry is nicely golden brown and filling is set. Do not allow filling to boil
Step 9
Oven temperatures vary, in my oven to avoid having the filling boil I bake at 375 for 5 minutes - I reduce temperature to 325 bake 5 minutes, then once again lower the temperature this time to 300 and bake about 10 minutes until done
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.