Dessert

Homemade Butter Tarts is for Dessert.

Homemade Butter Tarts takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Homemade Butter Tarts takes 30 minutes to cook.

Homemade Butter Tarts makes 24 servings.

The ingredients for Homemade Butter Tarts are:

Pastry:
1 pound of lard
5 cups of flour
1 egg
water
1 tbsp vinegar dash of salt

Filling:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup corn syrup
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 Tbsp melted butter

Here is how you make Homemade Butter Tarts:

Pre heat oven to 400In bowl, mix together flour and lard and beat with pastry beaters until all is mixed.In a 1 cup measuring cup, beat egg slightly. Add in 1 tbsp vinegar and fill the remaining cup with water. Pour into flour/lard mixture until well blended.Cover mixture in suran wrap and place in fridge.Meanwhile, in a seperate bowl, mix brown sugar, corn syrup, eggs, vanilla extract and melted butter until all is mixed. Now is your chance to add in raisins, walnuts, pecans, etc. but this is not invluded in nuritional value.Grease 2 muffin tins with oil spray.Get pastry mix out of the fridge and grab palm sized pastry and roll it into the ball. Drop into muffin tin and work the shape up the sides ensuring there is enough pastry to hold the bottom and up the sides as filling will flow over if the sides are not high enough.Once all of the pastry cups have been made, place an even amount of filling into each cup. Please in the oven for about 20-30 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for a while to cool in the muffin tins as they will break if you remove them too quickly.Enjoy!Serving Size: Makes 24 ButtertartsNumber of Servings: 24Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GOLDSK8R.

The nutritional information for Homemade Butter Tarts is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 24
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 410.6

• Total Fat: 26.6 g
• Cholesterol: 50.7 mg
• Sodium: 27.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 37.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.8 g
• Protein: 4.4 g