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Puester wrote:

Do all butter tarts contain raisins or currants? "Butter tarts"
sound delicious; raisins and currants do not.

Look back to the purism part of this thread. Butter tarts have
currants. You may make some other sort of tart without them, but a
real, true, genuine, make no mistake, butter tart is made with currants.
All else is punishable by the Butter Tart God found in this household.


--Lia
And I always thought it was raisins.




I felt the same way about the raisins...until I started soaking them in
cognac or rum to plump them up....makes a big of difference.

15 minutes sitting in a glass of cognac changes everything....even if it is
the raisins sitting.

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.

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Wow, Helen, now I have a whole bunch to try! They all sound good and
will go directly to my recipe software. Butter tarts are one of my
favorites!

Wayne

Well, enjoy, Wayne, but not too much or you'll be in my shoes.... on
Weigh****chers! ; ))

Ha! My SO and I were on WW from the day after last Thanksgiving until
about a month ago when he went through quadruple arterial bypass surgery.
We'll be getting back to WW in another couple of week. When I bake
things like this, I now have to give all but 1 serving away! (It's still
worth it just for the taste.)

Wayne
You've better willpower than I! I'm doing ok with my breads, but butter
tarts? No way!

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"Puester" wrote in message
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MOM PEAGRAM wrote:

The other great Canadian sweet treat is Butter Tarts.

Dave, do you have a good recipe for Butter Tarts? They are a
favorite
of mine, but I've never made them.

* Exported from MasterCook *




Do all butter tarts contain raisins or currants? "Butter tarts"
sound delicious; raisins and currants do not.


gloria p

It's entirely up to you what is added. Traditional butter tarts have
raisins. But... they would be good with pecans or walnuts or whatever
you decide to use.

All the variations I've tasted were really very good, traditional or not,
but currants or raisins are the most traditional from what I've since
dredged up from "historical" searches. Pecans with this mixture would be
very nearly like a traditional Southern USian Pecan Pie! Also very good,
IMHO...

Wayne

Yup!

Now "that" is unusual!

"MisNomer" wrote in message
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Yes! but looking through my recipe it makes 14 muffin size tarts...was
there
ever a muffin pan that made 14?


take care
Liz



Hey! Look what "MOM PEAGRAM" wrote :

Similar to mine. I posted a whole slew of recipes. Isn't amazing how
many
variations there can be?

Puester wrote in
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MOM PEAGRAM wrote:

The other great Canadian sweet treat is Butter Tarts.

Dave, do you have a good recipe for Butter Tarts? They are a
favorite of mine, but I've never made them.

* Exported from MasterCook *




Do all butter tarts contain raisins or currants? "Butter tarts"
sound delicious; raisins and currants do not.


gloria p


There is 1 or 2 fixes for that.

First fix: is don't use the raisins or currants ...treat them as optional.

Second: soak those pesky criters in brandy or rum for 15 minutes before
use. This totally changes their texture and taste.

Third: Replace them with either chopped pecans or chopped walnuts.

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.

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FIELDS, W. C.