Butter Tart Bars Recipes

BUTTER TART SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• To Make Base: In a small mixer bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter or margarine and confectioners' sugar. Blend in flour. Pat into 9X9 inch square pan. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes.
• To Make Filling: In a large bowl combine brown sugar, melted butter or margarine, beaten eggs, vinegar, vanilla, and raisins. Pour over base and bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, until set.

OLD-FASHIONED BUTTER TART BARS

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the base: In a small bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Using two knives or a pastry blender or your fingers, cut butter in until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press evenly into 9-inch square, ungreased pan. Bake in a preheated oven for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Place pan on wire rack.
• 2. Prepare the Filling: In a medium bowl, combine the brown sugar, walnuts and raisins. Add eggs, flour, baking powder and vanilla and beat until well blended.
• 3. Spread evenly over hot base and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Place pan on a wire rack to cool completely. (The filling may seem a bit jiggly at first but will become firm when completely cooled). Cut into bars

BUTTER TART SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Lightly grease and line an 8" x 8" (2L) baking dish with parchment paper, letting paper hang slightly over two sides of pan to use as handles for easy removal of squares.
• Cream butter and brown sugar in large mixing bowl until combined. Add flour and beat until mixture is a soft dough. Press dough evenly into bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• Filling: Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy in large bowl. Beat in corn syrup, eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour and baking powder.
• Sprinkle raisins over baked pastry base. Pour filling over raisins.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cool. Loosen edges of pastry and remove from pan. Cut into squares.

BAKE EXCHANGE BUTTER TART BARS

Steps:

• BOTTOM LAYER.
• Crumble all 3 ingredients together in a bowl.
• Press into ungreased 9x9" pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
• SECOND LAYER.
• Mix eggs and brown sugar with spoon.
• Add the rest of the ingredients.
• Stir and spread over bottom layer.
• Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until light brown.

BUTTER TART SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line the pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang around the edges.
• In a large bowl beat the butter and powdered sugar until fluffy.
• Mix in the flour - the mixture will be thick.
• Press the mixture into the bottom of the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until the top looks set and is a pale, golden color. Remove from the oven and leave the oven turned on.
• Make the filling as the base layer is baking.
• Beat the butter, brown sugar and flour until evenly combined.
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.
• Mix in the corn syrup and vinegar. Stir in the optional raisins, currants or walnuts.
• Pour the mixture over the gently baked crust.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or until the top looks set and if you give the pan a nudge the filling layer doesn't look liquidy.
• Remove from the oven and cool completely before slicing for clean cuts and to ensure that the bars are set.
• When ready to slice, lift the bars out of the pan using the overhang of the parchment paper. Place on the cutting board and slice using a sharp knife. If the edges seem too crispy, simply slice off the edges.

BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Mix together cake mix, 1 egg and butter. Mixture should be stiff like a dough.
• Press into greased pan.
• Mix together cream cheese, 2 eggs and powdered sugar and poured over the dough.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 45 minutes.

OLD FASHIONED BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees
• If making your own pastry, roll and cut your pastry into rounds with a 3.5 inch cutter, or the lid of a wide mouth mason jar. Lightly spray 2 12-cup muffin tins with non-stick spray and gently press the shells into the muffin tins
• In a medium size bowl, beat the butter and sugar together, then beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir in the raisins
• Spoon filling into each of the shells, filling to 2/3 full
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Allow to cool in the muffin tin, then remove and store in an airtight container.