Mom's Butter Tarts

Prepared pastry is cut into 3-inch rounds and fitted into tiny tart shells and chilled. The filling is made with golden syrup, eggs, butter, brown sugar, raisins and a dash of cinnamon. This yummy concoction is then spooned into each tart shell and baked in a very hot oven until golden. This recipe yields 24 tasty tarts.

• Calories: 190 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ⅔ cup butter
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie
• 1 ½ cups raisins
• 1 cup golden syrup

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Line three inch tart tins with pastry. Chill while making filling.

Step 2

Melt butter. Stir in golden syrup, brown sugar, raisins, nutmeg, and salt; mix thoroughly. Let mixture cool. Beat the eggs just sufficiently to combine yolks and whites, and then mix into the butter syrup. Pour filling into pastry lined tart tins. Set tins on a cookie sheet.

Step 3

Bake on lowest rack in very hot preheated oven, 450 degrees F (230 degrees C), for 15 to 20 minutes. When baked, loosen edges with pointed knife. Allow tarts to stand for at least 10 minutes before removing from tins.