Butter Tarts (Classic)

Name: Butter Tarts (Classic)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 1 h 3 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup cold butter, cubed; 3-4 tbsp ice water; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1/3 cup butter, melted; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp corn syrup; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup raisins or pecans, optional

Sweet, gooey Canadian pastry shells filled with a brown sugar and butter custard. Pulling the tarts from the oven while the filling is still slightly puffed and just set is what keeps the centre gooey rather than baking it into a firm, set custard.

Total time

63 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

18 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Canadian

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsplain flour

1/2 tspsalt

1/2 cupcold butter, cubed

3-4 tbspice water

3/4 cupbrown sugar

1/3 cupbutter, melted

2eggs

2 tbspcorn syrup

1 tspvanilla extract

1/2 cupraisins or pecans, optional

Instructions

Make pastry: rub butter into flour and salt. Add ice water. Chill 30 minutes.

Roll and line a 12-hole muffin tin. Chill.

Mix brown sugar, melted butter, eggs, corn syrup and vanilla.

Place raisins or pecans in pastry shells. Fill with custard mixture.

Bake at 200°C for 15-18 minutes until filling is just set and slightly puffed.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

693

Protein

8.4g

Fat

41.2g

Carbs

73.2g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

291mg

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