The All Canadian Butter Tart
From mellybelly 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Apparently a Canadian specialty..who knew? All I know is they are delicious! Caution! Extremely addictive!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups unbleached white flour shopping list
- 1 cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/4 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 cup vegetable shortening, butter or margarine shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar shopping list
- 1/4 cup ice cold water shopping list
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar shopping list
- pinch of salt shopping list
- 1 large egg shopping list
- 1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar shopping list
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted shopping list
- 1 tbsp corn syrup shopping list
- optional ingredients: shopping list
- 1/2 cup raisins soaked in hot tea and then drained or shopping list
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans shopping list
How to make it
- Combine flours, salt and baking powder in a bowl, and stir to mix. Cut in shortening to make coarse crumbs. Whisk egg, vinegar and water and mix with dry ingredients to moisten the dough. Pull dough together, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375
- Grease two 6 cup or one 12 cup muffin pan.
- On a floured surface roll out 1/2 of dough, cut out six 3 1/2 inch circles with cutter or glass. Pat into muffin tins with fingers. Repeat with other half of dough.
- Combine sugar, salt and egg in a bowl and mix well. add melted butter and vinegar. Add corn syrup and stir until blended. fold in optional ingredients. Spoon about about 1 tbsp of filling into each pastry shell.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until crusts are golden and the filling is bubbled up. Let cool 10 minutes before digging in!
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Reviewed by 6 people-
Very nice Melly. I like the combination of wholewheat and white flour. Yes very Canadian!
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wow great recipe different flour combo thanks high5
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Excellent!!!
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