I grew up thinking these tarts were an everywhere dessert. But apparently it’s a Canadian thing. This Easy Butter Tarts Recipe is delicous and simple. Makes 18 mini tarts (perfect for dessert tonight!).
BUTTER TARTS RECIPE
- One package frozen mini tart shells
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/4 butter
- 1/4 brown sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp vinegar
- Prepare frozen mini tart shells according to package.
- In a bowl, mix together butter, raisins, brown sugar, maple syrup, beaten egg and vinegar.
- Pour butter tarts mixture evenly into each tart shell.
Bake in 375 oven 12-15 min.
Note: Some people put pecans in these tarts. If you are a pecan lover – add 1/4 cup pecans to the mixture before baking.
You could certainly make your own pastry for these tarts. I, personally, just do not have the gift for pastry. Some people have the touch for pastry…I do not. But I can make cake and bread until the cows come home!
I serve these tarts on a tray with mini apple tarts and brownies. Goes great with tea and coffee (milk for kids). It’s a great 2 bite dessert tray – kinda perfect after a big meal when you want something sweet (but not a big something sweet).
Ask me if you can freeze these and my honest answer is: I don’t know. They’ve never lasted more than 2 days in an airtight container because everyone eats them! Though really, it takes less than 30 minutes to make them so you can easily make them the night before (or day of) any event and then store them in a container. Best served room temperature.
Related: if you like baking you might like to try my BANANA BREAD RECIPE – it’s a simple recipe (and one you can make with kids as a boredom buster!). Great for breakfast, brunch, and snacks. 
I will take a dozen to go please! These look so cute and I bet they taste amazing!
As a fellow Canadian, I love butter tarts! My husband likes raisins in them, and I prefer pecans. I make a half batch each way.
This looks delicious and would love to try a new recipe for butter tarts.
Those tarts look great… I have never made that. Thank you. 🙂
These tarts look yummy- I can’t wait to try making these!
Yum! This is an awesome recipe. Don’t know that I have ever seen mini shells at the store, but I’m going to look more closely now! Pinning your recipe to share and to save! Thanks for sharing it.
Yummy! These sound so good! I’ve never had them before, but may need to try them out!
These look super tasty and I even have almost everything needed at home! I really like the idea of tarts instead of a full sized pie, too, because it’s easier to just have a little. Thanks for sharing!
This sounds so good! I have never heard of butter tarts.
Sharing. Thanks for joining the Inspiration Spotlight party.
These are super cute and remind me of pecan pie. Yum!
You make this look super easy! I’ve always been under impression butter tarts were hard to make. Pinning. Visiting from Happiness Is Homemade party.
Yum, these look delicious! I too love pecans so if I were to make these, I’d add in pecans to mine as well. I’d love to enjoy one of these tarts with a cup of coffee or tea in the afternoon!
These sound yummy!! 🙂
I haven’t seen these before, but they sound tasty! Thanks for sharing at Brag About It. We’ll be featuring this at this week’s party.
Your Butter Tarts look awesome! Hope you are having a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. We will look forward to seeing you again real soon!
Miz Helen
I love raising. In fact I live in a region where we grow raisins so you can imagine how much I am loving this recipe. Pinning.
I love butter tarts but have never tried the mini ones.They look delicious and simple enough to try..Thanks for this post.
These look and sound scrumptious , thanks for sharing , i love butter tarts 🙂
YUM! thank you so much for this. I love Butter Tarts – classic Canadian treat!
yum! Buttertarts are my FAVOURITE holiday treat!
Love butter tarts with raisins, but the rest of the family love them without, so I make half and half
We love butter tart! I will have to try your recipe! I love that it has maple syrup!
Those look amazing! Going to try making this tomorrow!
I always think of them as a Christmas thing, but why??? We love them and I shouldn’t have to wait until then! We do half with currants and half with pecans, and I’m so glad you did this post, thank you!
These butter tarts look yummy.
Butter tarts are a staple at our house for Christmas.
i never knew butter tarts were so easy to make! thanks for the delicious recipe
great recipe,, so easy ,, Thanks
These look delicious!
butter tarts are easy to make and oh so good, they are my husbands favourite and I make them about once a month for him
Thanks I am saving this recipe and will be buying the shells
NOOOOO!!!! easy butter tarts. This is my favorite all time desert. I do not need easy. I will not stop making them. THANK YOU
such an easy recipe, I have most of these ingredients in the house always so a quick dessert
Butter tarts are my very favourite dessert. Over the last Christmas holidays I had occasion to try my friend’s recipe and they were the very best I had ever tasted. Her method was different from mine: she put currants and a pat of butter in each tart shell before adding a mixture of the rest of the ingredients. Mouth watering!!
you should edit your reciepe to explain if Step 1 (Prepare frozen mini tart shells according to package) means to pre-cook the tart shells or if you mean “thaw them” according to the package. The “tenderflake” version says both are options but your recipe doesn’t specify.
This sounds like a great recipe to try and my family loves butter tarts.Thanks for sharing.
My granddaughter LOVES butter tarts. This is an easy recipe that we can make together.
So THANKFUL I pinned this sucker lol…. was googling cus I pinned it to the wrong board, and was like..no NO this is not the one I want..NOPE…lol sooo damned good
My family has been asking me for butter tarts for the holidays. Thank you for sharing yours. It looks delicious and easy..just the way I like them.