By Karin Calloway
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Canadian Butter Tarts
Visiting Niagara Falls for the first time is awe-inspiring for sure. And, as a child, crossing from New York into Canada (my first foreign country) was a thrill. But perhaps the best memory from our family trip was the Canadian Butter Tarts we sampled at a roadside restaurant. A buttery pastry with sugary sweet custard studded with raisins and walnuts. We definitely "couldn’t eat just one!" When my grocer’s freezer section carries packages of individual pastry shells, I head home to make the Butter Tarts. The recipe is a snap to prepare, and serving individual tarts for dessert makes them seem ever so special. The custard is a combination of brown sugar, corn syrup, softened butter and eggs. Traditional recipes stop there, but I like to add a bit of vanilla for extra flavor. Choose regular or golden raisins, and pecans could substitute for the walnuts if that’s what you have on hand.
Place pastry shells on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Divide custard among the 8 pastry shells. Bake for 35 minutes, until custard is set in the middle of each tart. Makes 8 tarts. |
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