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Take an iconic Canadian favourite treat like a butter tart, add in more Canadian maple flavour & make it as a full sized pie!  – from Rock Recipes  Ingredients For the Pastry  1 cup very cold butter cut into small cubes 2 ½ cups flour ½ tsp salt 1/4 – 1/3 cup ice water Only enough to make a dough form. For the…

A mere 45 minutes from Parliament Hill, there two bakeries that are “must-stops” for the butter tart aficionado. On the main street of Almonte, Baker Bob’s is a traditional bakery; when you walk through the door it is like stepping back in time. The wooden floor, the smells, the baker’s smile… AND THE BUTTER TARTS….

Wellington County proclaims it is home to a provincially recognized Butter Tart Champion (?!). The County has excellent bakeries, farm markets and restaurants and it is actively promoting a ramble through the countryside to discover a “favourite butter tart.” In Wellington County there are 13 stops that feature butter tarts. From Belwood Country Market to…

Yes, you can find everything sweet and delicious on Ontario’s infamous Butter Tart Tour. For example, go ahead and order a decadent slice of butter tart pie from The Spot in Mount Forest. Spread across the Kawartha Lakes — a scenic region of forests, hills and shining waterways about two hours northeast of Toronto —…

The Best Butter Tart Festival is Canada’s original and largest butter tart festival. It is an annual event in Ontario’s butter tart heartland of Midland. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 festival was cancelled, however the date for next year’s fun is June 12, 2021. At the inaugural festival in June 2013, the bakers…

This is another By George original digital art piece of our favourite  daydreams… (Seriously, doesn’t looking at this make your mouth water and your teeth ache?)    By George has declared July as “Butter Tart Month.” Here is a menu of our delectable articles on Canada’s iconic dessert. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need…

Beehive Corn Syrup had its own recipe for Butter Tarts on the back label of its golden product. Here it is in all its simplicity. Ingredients  2 eggs 1 Cup Beehive Corn Syrup 1 Cup Sugar 1/4 Cup Butter (melted) 1 teasp. Vanilla 1 Cup raisins (and I would soak them in water first for…

By George underlined for future reference one of the 26 butter tart creations found in The Great Canadian Cookbook — Bacon Butter Tarts!  This is a must-bake.  Here is the recipe: Ingredients  Premade pastry, cut into 3 1/2-inch circles 5 slices bacon, cooked until crispy and chopped ¼ cup soft butter ½ cup lightly packed…

By George has found the website for those who wish to venture beyond the traditional tart and make a butter tart creation. In The Great Canadian Cookbook there are 26 recipes from butter tart squares to pinwheels. There are tarts with pecans and chocolate and maple. We saw coffee cake, cinnamon buns, and an interesting…

By George is celebrating July as the “Butter Tart Month.” We are having a sweet time, but there is one piece of serious business we wish to clear up with our followers. It’s the all-important question for all butter tart lovers: “Does the ultimate butter tart contain raisins?” Mid-way through our By George survey the…

“Butter tarts are a Canadian tradition. Waaaay back in the 1970s, a national contest here in Canada concluded that these butter tarts, originating from Wilkie’s Bakery in Orillia, Ontario, were the best. I certainly think so and it’s the only recipe I use. Add a sprinkle of toasted walnuts when you add the raisins, if…

Here is the classic butter tart recipe by renowned Canadian cook Elizabeth Baird. This recipe was found in the blog posts of the Tasting Table. As a side note, Mrs. Baird was for decades the food editor of Canadian Living. You will find that her recipe differs from the recipe found in that magazine. Prep…

The inspiration for this By George original digital art piece is (can you guess?) our favourite  daydreams… By George has declared July as “Butter Tart Month.” Here is a menu of our delectable articles on Canada’s iconic dessert. Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @ CG&A COMMUNICATIONS.

Brooke Cormier is a 26-year-old Canadian artist who has been pursuing her art professionally since 2016. In the summer of 2017, Brooke created a delicious masterpiece, a 24” x 24” acrylic on canvass entitled “Canadian Butter Tarts.”  She tells us “these butter tarts were purchased from a bakery in Minden, Ontario and are frequently consumed by…

This year, the Ottawa Valley can boast having the 2020 Tart Queen (as well as the runner-up queen).  Derek Dunn reports in an Arnprior Chronicle-Guide news article of February 24, 2020. “Two bakers from just outside Arnprior have won first and second place in the butter tart category at a convention in Toronto. “Marilyn Misener and…