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English Butter Tarts
2doulas
"This is a recipe my mother had in Scotland. I have saved it since I was a teenager because the tarts are so good."
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Ingredients
35 m servings 270 calsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings (12 small tarts)
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- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Arrange tart shells on a baking sheet. Distribute raisins evenly into shells. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, shortening, egg, vanilla and salt. Mix until smooth, and pour over raisins in shells.
- Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until done. Be careful not to over bake.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 270 calories; 11 g fat; 41.9 g carbohydrates; 2.6 g protein; 16 mg cholesterol; 138 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
4/21/2010
Hi. I am the poster of this recipe. It cracks me up how many people say they are runny, as if that's a negative! Butter tarts cooked correct are supposed to be runny.....that's the sign of a goo...
Most helpful critical review
11/29/2010
I tried out this recipe and it wasnt bad. It would have been helpful to know how much filling to put in each tart shell as they rise a lot..which meant it came spilling over making me lose half ...
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4/21/2010
Hi. I am the poster of this recipe. It cracks me up how many people say they are runny, as if that's a negative! Butter tarts cooked correct are supposed to be runny.....that's the sign of a goo...
12/13/2006
This is an excellent recipe but I gave it a few tweaks. I found the quantities for 24 made enough for 36. I substituted butter for shortening (after all they are "butter" tarts!) and substitut...
5/22/2003
Don't let the fact that there is no butter in these tarts, or the "English" slant disuade you from trying this recipe. My shot at this came out perfect first crack. I cut back the raisins becaus...
3/16/2005
These are the best butter tarts I have ever eaten!!! I whipped the mixture until it had the consistency of pudding and left out the raisins (hubby doesn't like them) and they came out better th...
12/16/2002
Hi im 13 years old and me and my mom made some of these fabulous butter tarts they are absolutely amazing!! And i thought i would hate them because i hate raisons! So try this recipe i guarantee...
3/5/2008
This recipe was amazing! I added an extra egg as per previous review saying that it would make it less runny and only added raisins to half of the batch since I am not a big raisin fan. I also b...
10/19/2002
These butter tarts were very good, just remember not to fill too much because they overflow. My husband and kids loved them and they didn't last too long. Made some with raisins and some with ...
1/27/2004
I tried this recipe for the first time and it was fantastic! These tarts don't last long around my house and everybody raved about them. I've found that it takes a lot of work to make all of t...
11/29/2010
I tried out this recipe and it wasnt bad. It would have been helpful to know how much filling to put in each tart shell as they rise a lot..which meant it came spilling over making me lose half ...