Butter Tarts- gooey and sinful

[ksaw29]

Mine, almond-raisin. Kind of thinking of other stuff to put into this delightful tart, so let em rip.....

[Lindacakes]

What's a butter tart? Like a pecan tassie, dough very buttery, different fillings?

[Tweety69bird]

To me, it's basically a pecan pie without the pecans.

I like my butter tart with pecans!

[ludja]

To me, it's basically a pecan pie without the pecans.

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And no 'southern accent', n'est ce pas? It's a Canadian specialty.

[Pam R]

They are a Canadian specialty. Currants are used in them - but more often made with raisins now.

[Blether]

Mine, almond-raisin.  Kind of thinking of other stuff to put into this delightful tart, so let em rip.....

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Here's one I had a season of making last winter Ecclefechan Tart

Funnily enough I was substituting almonds for the walnuts. Haven't made it since then, but it's dead easy... and it's good. However I'd always considered it an Ecclefechan Tart (and a Border Tart is similar) - we didn't have the term 'butter tart' when I grew up. "Butter Tarts" are a strong Canadian tradition, aren't they ?

Edited February 8, 2007 by Blether (log)

[Anna N]

Here's a previous discussion of Butter Tarts

[Lindacakes]

I have to say, Anna N, of all the provacative and amusing avatars on this board, yours is by far the most provacative and amusing. I see your words as a speaking bubble coming from the photo, like in cartoons.

Thank you all for inserting butter tarts into my conscience today. When I woke up this morning, I'd never heard of a butter tart. Now I understand something about them, I have several recipes, I've pressed a friend into sending me a bottle of Canadian corn syrup, and I'm ruminating on the big question of goopy tarts.

What a wonderful world.

So . . . goopy tarts. Pecan pie. Shoofly pie. Butter tarts. Chess pie. Jefferson Davis pie. Essentially all pie crust with a filling of gelatinous goo sometimes interrupted with nuts or raisins.

Right or wrong?