I can never resist eating a butter tart, the classic Canadian dessert! I was curious to see how the flavour would transfer over to a muffin. The verdict? Success! These Butter Tart Muffins taste almost as good as the quintessential dessert.
These muffins taste amazing served slightly warm. And they really do taste like a butter tart! They are sweet with little bits of walnut crunch. They don’t last long either!
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If you are craving a butter tart, but don’t feel like dealing with pastry, try these butter tart muffins. I think you’ll find they are the next best thing!
Butter Tart Muffins
These muffins transform the quintessential Canadian dessert into an easy treat – without having to fuss with pastry! Served warm, they are irresistible.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups raisins
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Add sugar, raisins, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla extract to a pot on the stove over medium heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Remove from heat and place uncovered in the fridge to cool down.
- Preheat oven to 375F. Add liners to a muffin pan and set aside.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and baking powder in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in warm raisin mixture. Stir to combine. Then add walnuts and mix together
- Spoon batter evenly into muffin pan. Bake for about 15 to 17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from centre of a muffin.
- Remove from oven and immediately pour maple syrup on top of each muffin. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then remove them to cool on a wire rack. Serve warm.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 300Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 384mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 28gProtein: 4g
Doris Calvert says
My husband will go crazy, his favorite desert is Butter Tarts , going to surpris him, we tried a few of your favorite recipies and we loved EVERY one, so thanks it’s nice to have new ideas!
Shirley OFlynn says
I have to make these for my husband. He will love these!
olga says
Just pulled these out of the oven! They smell delicious! The only change I made to the recipe was to use brown sugar instead of white, just like butter tart filling!
Barbie says
Hi, your recipe says to add raisins in 2 places…do you put them on the stove with the first mixture, or later with the walnuts? Thanks
Stacie says
Thanks for the heads up! That was a typo in the recipe. The raisins are added in step one only.
Pamela Weber says
Hey there Stacie!!! Great to see a fellow Ontarian doing great things here on Pinterest! I realized I cannot Pin this recipe to my board……is this a technicality issue? LOL I’m not great with commputers really so LMk if you can help!
Stacie says
Hey! Nice to meet you and glad you found my site!!! It was a glitch on Pinterest’s end today and I was having issues as well. I think it’s resolved now. Fingers crossed!
Diane says
I made these today. Super easy, but is it normal for the eggs to almost “scramble” in the raisin/butter/sugar mixture? I haven’t tasted them yet, can I expect to find bits of scrambled egg in these muffins?!?!