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Canadian butter tarts on a wire cooling rack
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📋 Best Butter Tart Recipe

This Canadian Butter Tart is the best butter tart recipe you'll ever find because it's simple, delicious and can be made in under 20 minutes with store-bought tart shells (or homemade no fail pastry). And if you like butter tarts without raisins then there is a pecan butter tart option too! 
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Canadian, North American
Keyword best, butter tarts, pecan, raisin
Special Diet Vegetarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 19 minutes
Servings 18 servings
Calories 155kcal
Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon butter melted
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs slightly beaten
  • ¼ cup cream
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • ½ cup raisins (approximately) or substitute finely chopped pecans
  • 18 tart shells
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F/205 degrees C.
  • Mix ingredients in large bowl, in order given (butter, brown sugar, eggs, cream)
    butter tart ingredients in glass bowl with black spatula and bowl of vinegar
  • Then add vinegar last. *It's important that you add in order given.
    butter tart ingredients in large glass bowl with black spatula
  • Whisk until well combined. * A whisk should be used for this part, although I don't have that in the photo
    butter tart ingredients mixed together in glass bowl with black spatula
  • Place a few raisins or chopped pecans in unbaked tarts shells
    tarts shells in red speckled muffin tin with raisins and pecans in bottom of tarts
  • Pour filling in to tart shell to ⅔ full.
    tart shells with filling in red speckled muffin tin
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes or until filling is set and shells are lightly browned.
    cooked butter tarts in red speckled muffin tin
  • Cool until set, then refrigerate fo rat least 30 minutes.

Notes

*See post contents for important recipe information and tips! 

💭 Top Tip

If you only have a 12-muffin tin and not enough tarts to fill it, fill the empty ones with ⅔ water. This helps it to bake evenly.
Just be sure to rotate the pan halfway through the baking process.
muffins tin filled with ½ tarts and ½ water
Nutrition Facts
📋 Best Butter Tart Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 butter tartt)
Calories 155 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 29mg10%
Sodium 64mg3%
Potassium 59mg2%
Carbohydrates 21g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 13g14%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 114IU2%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 16mg2%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition

Serving: 1butter tartt | Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 2mg