"MOM PEAGRAM" > wrote in
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> "Puester" > wrote in message
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>> MOM PEAGRAM wrote:
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>> > > > > 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 *
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>> 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