Gooey Canadian Butter Tarts Recipe 🍁🥧

Learn how to make a Canadian Butter Tarts recipe with a flaky crust and rich, gooey filling.

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Canadian Butter Tarts
🥧🥣INGREDIENTS🥄🥧
Pastry
2 recipes pie crust
(Double the recipe below):
* 1 ⅓ cups (6 ½ oz/185 g) all-purpose flour
* 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
* ⅛ teaspoon salt
* 7 tablespoons (3 ½ oz/100 g) cold butter, cubed
* 1 large egg yolk*
* 2- 3 tablespoons cold water

Maple Filling
* 1 cup (8floz/240ml) maple syrup
* ⅔ cup (4oz/115g) dark brown sugar
* ¼ cup (2oz/57g) butter
* 2 large eggs (room temperature)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* ½ teaspoon salt

🍁🥧📋 Canadian Butter Tarts Chapters 📋🍁🥧
00:00 - This week on Bigger Bolder Baking...Canadian Butter Tarts
0:16 Making the pie crust
2:43 Rolling out the pie crust
3:20 Cutting the rounds
3:48 Adding the pastry to the cupcake pan
4:23 Refrigerate the pastry
4:29 Making the maple filling
7:25 Filling the pastry
8:09 Baking instructions
8:20 Time to taste!
9:04 Outro

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[mccannms]

Interesting. As a Canadian, I have never heard of using maple syrup in a butter tart. My mom always made them with either raisins or currents and with a thinner pastry. The filling was always a little runny. :)

[lauragriffin]

So glad to see you did not use corn syrup. No true Canadian butter tart recipe uses corn syrup. Corn syrup was substituted in for the brown sugar during the sugar rationing of WWII and sadly far too many people still use it.

[mayjenkins]

Gemma. - try a Canadian Nanaimo Bars recipe. Named after the city in British Columbia. You won’t be disappointed

[msopinion]

Im canadian and have been making butter tarts for over 50 yrs with brown sugar Maple syrup is a new sugar for butter tarts my oldest cook book for the 30s has them with brown sugar and currants which is how my Mum made them so my s sisters love witem with the currants however the brother in laws dont like currants so I make half with and half without currants

[lindamccarron]

Every Canadian believes their Mom makes the best butter tarts!

[Mark_Nadams]

We always make a similar mini tart at the holidays. They are very much like mini pecan pies. We never melted the sugar just add it in with melted butter. No need for tempering the eggs just like a pecan pie just pour it in mix and bake.
The crust we use is a bit different. We use a cream cheese & flour based crust, very rich and flavorful. We call the plain ones custard cups and if we add pecans we call them pecan tassies. Some times you feel like a nut . . .

[lindafletcher]

Canadian here...when my family make them, some are left plain. some we add raisins and some pecans. People like the with different additions to the sauce or none at all

[carolynhannah]

I have been baking butter tarts for 50 years. I have always used my grandmother’s recipe who used regular syrup instead of the maple syrup. They’re always delicious but I’ll bet maple syrup would take them to the next level.

[MrRobinGoodhand]

Hi Gemma, I am Canadian and well acquainted with butter tarts: my mom used to make them all the time. Dad liked raisins in them, but nobody else in the family did, so mom made one small batch for him, and for the rest of us they were either plain or had a few crumbled walnuts. Mom did not use maple syrup, but used corn syrup instead. There are also a couple of annual Butter Tart Competitions and Festivals that take place across thecountry. I guess America has its pecan pie, but we have butter tarts. Similar, but different sizes.

[SandiBee-rfte]

I’m sure maple syrup makes them delicious but in my 40+ years of Christmas baking, I’ve always used corn syrup as that is what my mother always used. I might use it for a small batch like this, but it would cost a small fortune to make 6 dozen tarts with maple syrup. Scratch-made pastry or frozen pre-made tart shells, maple syrup or corn syrup, plain or with raisins and/or nuts, the best butter tarts are the ones made with ❤ 🇨🇦

[valeriesultan]

Omg that maple tart will pair amazing for the Rosh Hashanah holiday with some apple 😊😋

[brookestephen]

YAY! so many recipes just don't remind me of home in Ontario!! This one does!

[제정은-fj]

Apparently there is a huge debate whether these should contain raisins or not. Well, I'd pair it with pecans!

[olamuyiwaojo]

Gemma your Canadian Tart is absolutely perfect for fall. Thanks for this recipe ❤❤

[lorrainegunn]

In Southern Ontario, they used to use the Recipe on the back of the Corn Syrup can, and raisins or walmuts in the filling, (or BOTH). My mother made 500 as part of the giganitic Dessert table buffet, at my sister's wedding, in Toronto, in 1982.
It is the custom for MORE SUGAR to be used in baked goods from Quebec, even in "store-bought" products. 😊

[jameswhite]

i've never done the slow tempering though it does make sense. I'm always paranoid that i'll cook the eggs when mixing. FYI, corn syrup makes a good substitute for maple syrup.

[bionicbunny]

Canadian butter tart look good gemma hope you have a good day.

[byronchandler]

Gemma, your little butter tarts look so cute and adorable, and so are you in that pink outfit. You always save the day with your baking. 🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰

[florl.delgado]

that MUST be Thank you for sharing, Gemma!!!
Love from Puerto Rico ❤❤❤❤❤

[YviefromtheUK]

This is going on my list of goodies to bake next week 🔥🔥🔥🔥