Golden Raisins Butter Tarts
A Canadian Classic with Delicious California Golden Raisins!
Ingredients
For the Pastry
- 2 1/2 cup Pastry Flour, sifted
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 cup cold shortening, cubed
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 6 TBSP Cold water
For the Filling
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 egg
- 1 cup Golden California Raisins
Instructions
For the Pastry
- In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, brown sugar, shortening and butter and combine until it is crumbly. You can use either mix by hand or combine this in a mixer.
- Add water to dough mixture and combine until a dough ball forms
- Cut dough into two pieces and roll into logs
- Wrap logs and refrierage for at least 1 hour
For Filling
- In a large microwavable measuring cup with spout, melt butter in microwave
- Add corn syrup, maple syrup, vanilla and egg and whisk until combine
Putting the Tarts Together
- Preheat oven to 425 ° F
- Keeping one dough log in the fridge, take the other one out and cut log into 12 pieces
- Roll each of the 12 pieces into circles (you can use a cookie cutter to cut into perfect circles if you like). Roll out to about 1 cm thick so that the filling doesn't leak through while baking
- Put each piece of round dough into muffin tins and press down
- Divide 1/2 cup California Golden Raisins between the tarts and divide into the bottom of the pastry before pouring filling in
- Pour filling onto of California Golden Raisins, about 3/4 way up
- Repeat with second piece of dough
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until the pastry is a light golden colour. Let cool before removing from muffin tin. (*Be careful, the caramelized sugar in the filling is very hot. Please let it cool down before touching)
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