What a great read! My Canadian grandmother & mother baked these regularly. I use my grandmothers recipe which is in a booklet entitled “Wrestling with the Rations” produced by the Wives Club, C.R.E. Düsseldorf. Probably about 1946.
oh my goodness - I MUST KNOW... syrup or just sugar? I know that corn syrup was produced in ww1 as an alternative to sugar so very interested to see what your recipe says!
My Mom, grandmothers, great-aunts etc. always made these in a tartlet pan, yielding a slightly wider but shallow butter tart. Too much pastry is an issue with most bakery versions of butter tarts IMHO. Mini muffin tins are also an option that works well. Same deliciousness but less guilt.
How exciting to see butter tarts here! My grandmother’s always contained raisins and walnuts, were based on a flakey lard pastry, and were always firm. Perfect with a nice cup of tea.
Tasty! Definitely a connection between the butter tart and a tarte au sucre from Quebec. The former is hand held; the latter a pie. Second - If you had to add raisins or currants - maybe instead find some wild blueberries which is another great Canadian (late summer) treat.
This is great! I live not far from the "Butter Tart Trail" in Ontario and most of them fall short with the pastry. Will be making these for the locals!
Exciting to see butter tarts get some love and exposure outside Canada! I'm a huge fan of the ones at Bà Nội, so I'm thrilled you got to try them for yourself on your trip to Toronto.
Being a Quebecer, I would never say butter tarts are a Canadian thing…rather an Ontarian one! 🙃 That being said, I love butter tarts and prefer them to sugar pies, probably to my mother’s disappointment 🤭
What a great read! My Canadian grandmother & mother baked these regularly. I use my grandmothers recipe which is in a booklet entitled “Wrestling with the Rations” produced by the Wives Club, C.R.E. Düsseldorf. Probably about 1946.
So delicious. 😊
1 cup currants or sultanas
1 egg
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp butter or margarine
1/2 tsp vanilla
No mention of syrup !
So interesting! Gosh, what a wonderful world we live in with access to recipes that connect us with so many loved ones
I have so many of my grandmothers hand written recipes… I’ll have a look through for mentions of corn syrup.
oh my goodness - I MUST KNOW... syrup or just sugar? I know that corn syrup was produced in ww1 as an alternative to sugar so very interested to see what your recipe says!
That was fun . I am anti-raisin myself.
Also: as a former CBC producer, just have to point out that you mentioned "a 1991 piece on CBS " but linked to our CBC!
oh Gosh, duly corrected! Thank you so much :)
My Mom, grandmothers, great-aunts etc. always made these in a tartlet pan, yielding a slightly wider but shallow butter tart. Too much pastry is an issue with most bakery versions of butter tarts IMHO. Mini muffin tins are also an option that works well. Same deliciousness but less guilt.
I just love the way the pastry gets a bit caramelised and is a perfect match with the gooey filling!
How exciting to see butter tarts here! My grandmother’s always contained raisins and walnuts, were based on a flakey lard pastry, and were always firm. Perfect with a nice cup of tea.
ohhh lard - what a touch!
Tasty! Definitely a connection between the butter tart and a tarte au sucre from Quebec. The former is hand held; the latter a pie. Second - If you had to add raisins or currants - maybe instead find some wild blueberries which is another great Canadian (late summer) treat.
I shall certainly look them up!!! Thank you Peter
Maybe only in Canada. They are smaller, more flavourful and less water than the ones farmed in UK which are big & plump. Perhaps dried ones also.
Picard do a frozen wild blueberry that is excellent for blueberry muffins, but possibly too juicy for this.
What a fantastic read ! Many, many pleasant memories and the discussions (arguments) about runny or raisins !
This is great! I live not far from the "Butter Tart Trail" in Ontario and most of them fall short with the pastry. Will be making these for the locals!
Exciting to see butter tarts get some love and exposure outside Canada! I'm a huge fan of the ones at Bà Nội, so I'm thrilled you got to try them for yourself on your trip to Toronto.
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Being a Quebecer, I would never say butter tarts are a Canadian thing…rather an Ontarian one! 🙃 That being said, I love butter tarts and prefer them to sugar pies, probably to my mother’s disappointment 🤭