Tartan

Well I picked up new raisins for my butter tarts. 6 dozen tarts and a pie and they look scrumptious.[ATTACH=CONFIG]534553[/ATTACH]

coopah

Those look scrumptious, Tartan! Do you add nuts, too? My husband's gram made them with nuts & raisins and caled them 'chess pies.' They are SO good! Now all you need is a cup of tea!

barny

Oh, I'll take 3 dozen please. LOL They do look scrumptious. You're good.

Tartan

Coopah, I do sometimes add chopped pecans at Christmas.

ManiacQuilter2

They do look scrumptious, Tartan! You mean you haven't tested your own cooking yet?? I would have probably eaten at least a half a dozen of them even before they cooled off. Enjoy.

Tothill

Yum. Butter Tarts are one of my favourites.

I have to switch up the 'extras' in the filling for my family. Nuts for DD, nuts and dried cranberries for me, currants and raisins for the boys.

coopah

That's when we always had them, so maybe that's the tradition. We could only visit then, so that's all that I know. Think that recipe is around here somewhere.
They look wonderful...salivating with that picture!! :-)
Edited to add: I looked up Chess Pie and the picture and ingredients are not what Grama made. So I looked up butter tarts and it's what we were served as chess pie. Go figure!

Mamia

I've not seen this recipe would you please give the recipe. I make pecan tarts for Christmas but never butter tarts.
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Tartan

Well there is a big Butter Tart debate of raisins or no raisins. My Granny (for going on close to 100 years) called her recipe with raisins Butter Tarts, so this is her filling.
for 2 dozen tarts

2/3 cup margarine or butter (I use Becel ' cause that make than healthier, right )
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2/3 cup corn syrup
1 and 1/2 cup raisins ( I always add extra cause I love them)
1/2 tsp. salt

Cream the margarine and sugar together in a bowl. Add the eggs and mix well. Add corn syrup, vanilla, salt and stir. Add the raisins and stir again. Ready to fill shells for baking. Bake at 350 about 12 minutes. The tops should turn golden when ready to remove from the oven.

Personal notes: if the raisins are dry, I soak them in warm water a half hour and drain before adding to the mixture. Do not over fill your shells as the sugar boiling over makes them hard to remove from tart tins.

ScubaK

Tartan,
What is your recipe for the shell/crust?
These look amazing!
Kirsten