Best Ever Butter Tarts Food

AWARD-WINNING BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Prepare muffin pans by rolling out pie dough and cutting 4-inch (approx) circles; fit dough circles into muffin cups; set aside in fridge until ready to fill.
• In a small bowl, place raisins and cover with hot tap water; let stand on the counter for 30 minutes.
• In a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, mix together the soft butter, brown sugar, salt and corn syrup; stir well until sugar is dissolved and butter is creamed.
• Add egg and vanilla and mix well.
• Drain raisins.
• Retrieve tart shells and divide raisins equally into all shells; then divide butter mixture into all tarts.
• Bake at 400F for 15-20 minutes; filling will be lightly browned but still bubbling.
• Canadians fall into two camps about butter tarts and are quite loyal to their favourite type: runny or firm.
• I like runny-- the type that dribbles when you bite into one; if you like firm, bake them for the full 20 minutes, even adding another minute or two if you wish.
• Let cooked butter tarts cool in pans for 10 minutes after removing from oven; then remove and place on racks until completely cool.

BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C).
• Cream the butter, sugar and eggs well. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.
• Pour batter into tart shells, no more than half full. Bake for 20 - 25 minutes. Watch carefully!!--they'll burn quickly. Filling will keep in the refrigerator for 2 weeks or so. Liquid coffee creamer can be used for cream. Use any good pie pastry for shells.

CARAMELIZED BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Combine the flour, salt, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add the lemon zest and vanilla. Cut in the butter and mix until the butter is in pea-sized pieces. Add the eggs and water and mix until combined. Divide the dough into 18 pieces and roll each into a circle. Press the dough into tart pans.
• Filling: Melt the butter, brown sugar and milk in saucepan and stir until the sugar starts to dissolve. Take the pan off the heat and whisk in the egg and raisins.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the tart crusts for 12 minutes. Divide the filling among the tarts and bake until bubbly, about 5 minutes.

CANADIAN BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Fill a cup with ice and water. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Cut in the shortening to make pea-size pieces. Add the tablespoons of ice water from the cup until dough holds together. Form the dough into a ball. The dough is now complete. Put it into a plastic bag or wrap it up and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.
• Roll the dough between two sheets of waxed paper. Cut the shells using a large glass or your smallest pot. You should have about 12 shells when finished. Put these shells into a greased muffin or tart pan.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
• Put walnuts and coconut on baking pan and roast for 5-10 minutes, until brown. Remove from oven and set temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Fill the bottom of each tart shell with about 10 raisins each.
• Whisk together sugar, egg, butter, vanilla and hot water. Add coconut and walnuts. Pour mixture into tart shells, filling 2/3 full and no more.
• Bake in 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) oven for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool before attempting to remove. Makes 12 tarts.

BEST EVER BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Divide raisins among the tart shells.
• In a bowl lightly beat together eggs, brown sugar, corn syup, butter& vanilla.
• Pour over raisins, filling 3/4 full.
• Bake 425 for about 15 min until they puff, they will drop down when taken out of the oven.
• Cool on wire rack.

THE BEST BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• With a pastry cutter, blend in the butter and shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Add the ice water gradually until dough forms.
• Pat dough into a flat disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
• Roll the dough 1/4-inch thick.
• With a cookie cutter, cut out ten 3 1/2-inch circles.
• Press the circles into 10 cups of a muffin tin.
• Put the muffin tin in the freezer for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the freezer, place pieces of tin foil in each shell and fill with pie weights.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove foil and pie weights and continue baking for another 10 to 15 minutes, until pastry is golden and set.
• Cool on a wire rack.
• In a medium bowl, lightly beat together the egg, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter, vanilla and salt.
• Divide the raisins among the shells.
• Divide the mixture among the shells and bake until set, about 15 minutes.
• Let cool 5 minutes.
• Remove tarts from pan and cool on a wire rack.