Butter Tarts

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar 
  • 1/2 cup corn syrup 
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted 
  • 1 egg 
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract 
  • 1/4 tsp salt 
  • ½ cup raisins, substituting, pecans, walnuts or chocolate chips also make good variations

Instructions

  1. Combine all filling ingredients except raisins.
  2. Mix well.
  3. Sprinkle raisins in a single layer in the bottom of the pastry lined muffin cups.
  4. Fill 2/3 full with syrup mixture.
  5. Bake on bottom shelf of oven at 425 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes.
  6. Cool completely on a wire rack and remove tarts from from pans.

Source: The Best Classic Canadian Butter Tarts – Rock Recipes