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These Canadian Butter Tarts are made with just a few simple ingredients and has become our go to recipe.
Want another popular Canadian recipe? Try my Easy Cinnamon Rolls or Maple Candied Bacon they go well with butter tarts as well.
Looking for other recipes that hail from Canada? Try my Canadian Tourtiere Pie or my Maple Butteror how about some Maple Butter.
Christmas time means butter tarts and every Christmas, I make a couple dozen of these delicious treats for the family to enjoy!
There are various recipes online that claim to share the best Canadian Butter tart recipe.
Personally, I have tried a lot. And I’ve come up with this recipe that makes the best Canadian Butter Tarts that you will ever have!
BUTTER TART RECIPE WITHOUT CORN SYRUP
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My tarts are made with a few important ingredients that really make these tarts amazing! So please follow along…
WHAT ARE CANADIAN BUTTER TARTS
This dessert is considered Canada’s dessert. As it dates back to the early 1900 from a cookbook out of Barrie, Ontario.
Considered Canada’s quintessential dessert, the butter tart has a long, storied history in eastern Canada.
The earliest published recipe dates back to 1900 when it appeared in a cookbook from Barrie, ON.
That recipe is good, however it has been made even better today with the addition of maple syrup!
A butter tart is a small pastry tart, which generally consists of butter, sugar, syrup and egg. That is then filled into a flaky pastry and baked until the filling is semi-solid with a crunchy top. The Canadian Encyclopedia
When it comes to butter tarts, simple is best. Also, when looking for a butter tart recipe.
You are going to find that almost every recipe, whether it is from a cooking book dating back to 1940, to 1960 to today. All has different methods of preparing this iconic treat.
Some recipes call for cold butter, others warm. Some recipes call for white sugar, while others call for corn syrup.
But not mine, mine is tried and tested and is our absolute favorite way to make butter tarts.
WHAT TO ADD TO BUTTER TARTS
You can always add, pecans or raisins to this recipe if you like.
Or keep it very traditional as I prefer to do.
Plus, my tart recipe take less than 30 minutes to prepare and that is because I like to use a pre – made tart pastry for them. Then simply you are just making the filling and baking together all in one shot!
HOW TO MAKE CANADIAN BUTTER TARTS
- Start by making the filling, in a small pot.
- Melt the butter first then add in the brown sugar, egg and maple syrup.
- Whisk till combined adding in the Vanilla extract, Vinegar, Pumpkin Pie Spice, which has cinnamon, ginger, all spice, nutmeg and cloves all in it.
- Whisk again to combine and set aside.
- Remove the pre – made butter tart pasty shells from the freezer and fill each shell as so with the filling.
- Bake in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes or in your Air Fryer according to it’s specific baking instructions.
CAN YOU FREEZE CANADIAN BUTTER TARTS
I tend to freeze a batch of 12 butter tarts time, I make this recipe. So yes, they freeze very well!
My family goes crazy for these, so I will double this recipe often so that I can have 2 dozen ready to go!
Also, I just love making butter tarts in my air fryer these days. Because I have a baking rack in mine and it cooks them just the same way as your oven would.
So people who do air fryer cookie recipes, request that you put parchment paper down.
However if you have a non stick air fryer. Like we do, then there is absolutely no need at all.
These are always in tin pie shells and come out with no mess at all.
Here is the the best Canadian Butter Tarts eva!
Notes: Allow the tarts to completely cool down before serving.
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Canadian Butter Tarts
Maple Syrup & Brown Sugar
Ingredients
- 12 Frozen Mini Pastry Shells
- 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup of Melted Butter
- 1/2 cup of Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 egg
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Start by making the filling, in a small pot.
- Melt the butter first then add in the brown sugar, egg and maple syrup.
- Whisk till combined adding in the Vanilla extract, Vinegar, Pumpkin Pie Spice, which has cinnamon, ginger, all spice, nutmeg and cloves all in it.
- Whisk again to combine and set aside.
- Remove the pre - made butter tart pasty shells from the freezer and fill each shell as so with the filling.
- Bake in the oven at 350 for 20 minutes or in your Air Fryer according to it's specific baking instructions..
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 450Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 370mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 2gSugar: 28gProtein: 7g
These calculations are based off Nutritionix
