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Canadian Butter Tarts Dessert
30 min total18 prep12 cook12 servings260 cal
MediumVegetarianClassicContains glutenContains dairyContains egg
Flaky pastry cups filled with gooey brown-sugar butter filling and optional raisins. An iconic Canadian sweet with a sticky, caramel-like center.
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Ingredients
12servings
bakery
- 12prepared tart shells
pantry
- 1 cupbrown sugar
- 0.5 cupcorn syrup
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 0.5 cupraisins
- 0.25 tspsalt
dairy
- 0.33 cupunsalted butter
- 1egg
Steps
- Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C) and arrange tart shells on a baking sheet.
- Divide raisins among the shells if using.
- Melt butter and whisk with brown sugar, corn syrup, egg, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
- Pour filling into each shell about three-quarters full.
- Bake 15–20 minutes until pastry is golden and filling is bubbly and mostly set.
- Cool on the sheet 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
- The centers will firm as they cool but stay gooey.
- Store in an airtight container up to 3 days.
- Serve at room temperature with coffee.
Tips
- Do not overfill shells or the syrup will spill.
- Bake until filling is set at the edges with a slight jiggle.
- Raisins are traditional; omit if you prefer plain.
- Cool completely so the filling firms.
