Butter Tarts

Name: Butter Tarts
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 2 sheets shortcrust pastry; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 1 cup brown sugar, packed; 2 eggs, beaten; 1/4 cup golden syrup or corn syrup; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup raisins or chopped walnuts

Gooey, sweet Canadian butter tarts, with a flaky pastry shell wrapped around a soft, sticky caramel centre that oozes with each bite.

Total time

38 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

18 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Canadian

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 sheetsshortcrust pastry

1/2 cupbutter, melted

1 cupbrown sugar, packed

2eggs, beaten

1/4 cupgolden syrup or corn syrup

1 tbspwhite wine vinegar

1 tspvanilla extract

1/2 cupraisins or chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 200°C. Cut pastry into circles and press into a 12-hole muffin tin.

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

Place a few raisins or walnuts in each pastry shell.

Pour filling into shells, filling three-quarters full.

Bake 15-18 minutes until filling is just set with a slight jiggle. Cool in tin before removing.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

483

Protein

Fat

28.2g

Carbs

54.7g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

93mg

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