award winning butter tarts

🥘 Ingredients

• • pie pastry
• • raisins
• • butter
• • brown sugar
• • salt
• • corn syrup
• • egg
• • vanilla

📝 Instructions

1. 1 prepare muffin pans by rolling out pie dough and cutting 4-inch circles
2. 2 fit dough circles into muffin cups
3. 3 set aside in fridge until ready to fill
4. 4 in a small bowl , place raisins and cover with hot tap water
5. 5 let stand on the counter for 30 minutes
6. 6 in a large bowl , using a wooden spoon , mix together the soft butter , brown sugar , salt and corn syrup
7. 7 stir well until sugar is dissolved and butter is creamed
8. 8 add egg and vanilla and mix well
9. 9 drain raisins
10. 10 retrieve tart shells and divide raisins equally into all shells
11. 11 then divide butter mixture into all tarts
12. 12 bake at 400f for 15-20 minutes
13. 13 filling will be lightly browned but still bubbling
14. 14 canadians fall into two camps about butter tarts and are quite loyal to their favourite type: runny or firm
15. 15 i like runny-- the type that dribbles when you bite into one
16. 16 if you like firm , bake them for the full 20 minutes , even adding another minute or two if you wish
17. 17 let cooked butter tarts cool in pans for 10 minutes after removing from oven
18. 18 then remove and place on racks until completely cool