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Mom's Butter Tarts

By: Carol 
"My mom used to make these a lot when I was a child. These were so good that there was nothing like them. I could never eat enough of these, and you will see that when you make these syrupy tarts."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.7 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (8)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 2 -dozen 3 inch mini tarts
 

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1 cup golden syrup
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups raisins
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs

Directions

  1. Line three inch tart tins with pastry. Chill while making filling.
  2. Melt butter. Stir in golden syrup, brown sugar, raisins, nutmeg, and salt; mix thoroughly. Let mixture cool. Beat the eggs just sufficiently to combine yolks and whites, and then mix into the butter syrup. Pour filling into pastry lined tart tins. Set tins on a cookie sheet.
  3. Bake on lowest rack in very hot preheated oven, 450 degrees F (230 degrees C), for 15 to 20 minutes. When baked, loosen edges with pointed knife. Allow tarts to stand for at least 10 minutes before removing from tins.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 190 | Total Fat: 8.1g | Cholesterol: 31mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2003 by JLGUILD   view full review
I had lost my mom's recipe for butter tarts and this one seemed similar in ingredients from...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2008 by jan1   view full review
Bake these at 400 watching after 10 min and you will have the absolute best Butter tarts.I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 17, 2007 by babs   view full review
The best butter tart recipe I have ever used and is now the only one I will use! Easy and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2003 by STAMPY   view full review
I lost my favourite recipe for making tarts. One of the ingredients was golden corn syrup so...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 15, 2003 by SANDRA FARRELL   view full review
It is very hard to find good recipes using ingredients "on hand" this is one of those...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on May 3, 2011 by sweetpea   view full review
I loved this recipe. Bought Costco frozen tart shells,distrubuted plump raisins in each shell...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2011 by bubbly36   view full review
I would lower the oven temp to 350 and bake a bit longer. When I baked this recipe at 400 the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.7 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2011 by baker extrordinare   view full review
I would skip the nutmeg next time, other than that, good consistancy

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