Butter Tarts

Name: Butter Tarts
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes: 15 tarts
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 60 g / 2 oz dark muscovado sugar; 90 g / 3 oz currants; 60 g / 2 oz butter; 2–3 tbs cold milk or water; ½ tsp mixed ground spice; 100 g / 3½ oz butter; 175 g / 6 oz plain flour; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 egg

Preparation info

Makes:
15
tarts

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

One of my mother’s Canadian specialities – crisp, spicy, and very good – and a family favourite for many years.

Ingredients

Shortcrust Pastry

175 g / 6 oz plain flour
100 g / 3½

Americas
Canada
Pastry
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl. Rub in the butter and mix to a dough with the milk. Wrap and chill the dough while making the filling. Cream the butter and sifted sugar. Beat in the egg, cinnamon, mixed spice and currants.

On a lightly floured board, roll out the pastry until 3 mm /