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the best butter tarts ever, cut open with a flakey crust and filled with currants.
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Butter Tarts Recipe A Canada Classic Favorite

A large recipe for two dozen butter tarts. This butter tart recipe is time proven, classic and delicious.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword Butter Tart Recipe, christmas recipe, Tart Recipe
Prep Time 1 hour
20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 14 large tarts

Ingredients

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup butter melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ cup corn syrup

Instructions

  • Make the pie crust and line your tart tins. You can use any pie crust recipe you like.
    A bowl of currents being softened in boiling water while making butter tarts.
  • Place the currants in a bowl, cover with boiling water, let them soak while making the pie crust.
  • Drain the currants and place a heaping teaspoon of currants in each large tart tin, or 8-10 currants in the bottom of each tiny tart tin.
    Filling a tray of a dozen tart tins with currants for making butter tarts.
  • Butter tart filling is super simple to make. Mix the sugar, butter, eggs, salt, vanilla, and corn syrup together. Beat until well combined.
  • Fill each tart tin 2/3 full.
    Filling tart tins with butter tart filling so that each tart is 2/3 full.
  • Bake at 400 F 15-20 minutes until crust is just golden.
    the best butter tarts ever, cut open with a flakey crust and filled with currants.