Butter Tart Muffins With Maple Syrup Recipes

MAPLE BUTTER TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place tart shells on a baking sheet; sprinkle raisins evenly into the bottom of tart shells.
• Beat brown sugar and butter together in a bowl until smooth; whisk in eggs, maple syrup, flour, vanilla extract, and salt. Fill each tart shell 3/4 full with maple syrup mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set and shells are golden, about 16 minutes. Turn the baking sheet halfway through the baking time for even baking.

BUTTER TART MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place raisins, sugar, butter, eggs, milk, and vanilla in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until mixture is hot, slightly thickened, and just beginning to bubble, about 4 to 5 minutes. Cool slightly, uncovered, in the refrigerator, while continuing with recipe.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or coat with cooking spray.
• Stir flour with baking powder, soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in center and pour in warm raisin mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in nuts until evenly mixed. Spoon batter into muffin cups.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) in center of oven until golden and a cake tester inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 to 17 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately pour about 1 teaspoon syrup over each muffin. Cool muffins in cups for 10 minutes, then remove to a rack. Serve warm.

BUTTER TART MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook raisins, sugar, butter, eggs, milk and rum flavoring, stirring frequently, until it is slightly thickened and just beginning to bubble.
• Cool slightly, uncovered.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir tog the dry ingredients.
• Make a well in the centre and pour in warm raisin mixture, stirring just until combined.
• Spoon muffin mixture into 12 greased muffins cups.
• Sprinkle walnuts over top of each muffin.
• Bake at 375°F for 17 minutes or until centre tests done.
• Remove from oven and immediately pour 1 tsp syrup over each muffin.
• Cool about 10 minutes before removing them to cool on rack.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.

BUTTER TART MUFFINS

Steps:

• Place sugar, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla in a heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened and beginning to bubble. Remove from heat, strain if necessary (to remove any bits of cooked egg). Stir in raisins and let cool, uncovered, in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. and grease or line 6 muffin cups.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add flour mixture to raisin/butter mixture and mix until all the flour is absorbed. Divide batter between 6 prepared muffin cups. (They do not rise much at all, so you'll want to fill/over-fill the cup up.) Bake for 22-25 minutes or until golden and a cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and spoon a kitchen teaspoon of maple syrup over each muffin. (I like to spoon another bit of maple syrup over the muffins just before serving, as well).

BUTTER TART MUFFINS WITH MAPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Place sugar, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla in a heavy-bottom saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened and beginning to bubble. Remove from heat, and strain if necessary. Stir in raisins and let cool, uncovered in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add reserved raisin mixture and mix well.
• Fill into lightly greased large muffin tins. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden and cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven and brush tops with maple syrup.
• Makes 6 Texas-sized muffins.

CLASSIC (RAISINS OPTIONAL) BUTTER TART RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift together flour and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
• Combine water and vinegar in another bowl. Sprinkle liquid over flour mixture. With your fingers, work in liquid and gather dough into a ball and divide into two equal pieces. Wrap in plastic, and let chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
• Lightly flour work surface and roll out dough to ¼-inch thick. Use 4-inch rounds to cut, re-rolling bits to use all dough.
• Cream together butter, brown sugar, and salt with a whisk or a wooden spoon. Stir in vinegar, vanilla, eggs, and corn syrup just until combined. Don't over mix. Let chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Fit pastry rounds into tart tins or muffin cups. It's okay to have a slight overhang, or fold back in a little bit of pastry.
• Place 1 tsp raisins (if using) in each shell.
• Stir filling mixture. Spoon filling into shells until about three-quarters full.
• Bake tarts for 25-30 minutes or until filling is set. Cool slightly in pan on a rack. Remove while still warm. Tarts will take about 2 hours to firm up.
• Loosen tarts with a small, sharp knife and ease carefully out of pan. Eat any broken ones.