Butter Tart Slice Food

BUTTER TART SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• To Make Base: In a small mixer bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter or margarine and confectioners' sugar. Blend in flour. Pat into 9X9 inch square pan. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes.
• To Make Filling: In a large bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, beaten eggs, vinegar, vanilla, and raisins. Pour over base and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until set.

BUTTER TART SQUARES

Steps:

• Line a 9x13" pan and line with parchment paper and spray with non stick spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour and powdered sugar.
• Cut butter into icing sugar and flour with a pastry cutter or your hands until pea-sized lumps of butter remain. When you grab a handful and squeeze, you want it to hold together. If it doesn't hold together, add 1-2 tablespoons of water.
• Dump flour mixture into pan and press down evenly to form a crust. Bake for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare your filling. In a medium bowl, melt butter in the microwave.
• Whisk in brown sugar until smooth. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, then add the vinegar and vanilla. Stir in raisins if using.
• Pour over crust and bake another 25-30 minutes until filling is set or almost set -- a slight jiggle is fine but you don't want a lot of movement. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate several hours before slicing.

BAKE EXCHANGE BUTTER TART BARS

Steps:

• BOTTOM LAYER.
• Crumble all 3 ingredients together in a bowl.
• Press into ungreased 9x9" pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
• SECOND LAYER.
• Mix eggs and brown sugar with spoon.
• Add the rest of the ingredients.
• Stir and spread over bottom layer.
• Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until light brown.

BUTTER TARTS (WITH CURRANTS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Double pie crust recipe can be used for tart shells.
• Cut pie crust into circles (use a glass or biscuit cutter). Press into buttered muffin tin.
• Cream butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Stir in currants and egg yolk. Add beaten egg white and mix well.
• Use 1 1/2 scant teaspoons of filling for each tart to avoid overflow. Bake until filling is foamy and crust is brown, aprox. 12-15 minutes.
• Makes 2 dozen.

BUTTER TART SLICE

Steps:

• Mix base ingredients and press into 8" pan.
• Mix raisin mixture and pour over base.
• Bake 350 for 30-40 minute.

BILLY BOY'S BUTTER TART SLICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a 9x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk flour and confectioner's sugar together in a bowl; stir in 1/2 cup butter until crumbly. Press flour mixture evenly into the bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove pan from the oven, leaving oven at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat brown sugar, eggs, 1/4 cup melted butter, vinegar, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth; stir in raisins. Pour sugar mixture over baked crust.
• Bake in the oven until bubbly and golden, about 35 minutes; cool before slicing.

BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Make the shells: In a processor, blend the flour, sugar, salt, butter and shortening until mixture resembles meal; transfer to a bowl and add 2-3 tblsps of ice water, or enough to form dough; knead dough briefly on a floured surface and chill it, wrapped plastic wrap, for 1 hour; roll out dough 3/8 inch thick on a floured surface, cut into rounds with a 4 1/2 inch cutter, and fit the rounds into 1/3 cup muffin tins.
• Make the filling: In a bowl beat the egg, vanilla and butter until well-combined and stir in brown sugar and vinegar; spoon filling into shells and bake in a preheated 400F (205C) oven for 15 minutes; let cool 5 minutes; carefully remove from tins and let cool completely.(filling will be thin and runny while hot but will firm up as it cools).
• Note: Many like raisins in their butter tarts (I don't); if you are one of them, add 1/4 cup raisins to the filling mixture.

BUTTER TART COCONUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Cream 1/2 cup butter.
• Add 2 tbsp brown sugar & 1 cup flour; blend with fork.
• Press into 9"x9" pan & bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
• Remove.
• Meanwhile:.
• Mix next 6 ingredients together & spread over base as soon as it is removed from oven.
• Bake 30-35 minutes more.
• Cool thoroughly & cut into squares.