Loaded Butter Tarts

🥧✨ Loaded Butter Tarts – A Canadian Icon Packed With Goodies! 🍁🤎

These Loaded Butter Tarts take the classic Canadian treat and make them even more irresistible! Filled with raisins, chocolate chips, toasted pecans, and dried coconut, every bite is sweet, gooey, crunchy, and unforgettable. Perfect for holidays, celebrations, or anytime you crave a true Canadian indulgence! 😋🇨🇦

🧾 What You’ll Need

For the Pastry:

2 ¼ cups flour

1 tbsp brown sugar

½ tsp salt

½ cup shortening (very cold, cubed)

½ cup butter (very cold, cubed)

~6 tbsp ice water (just enough to bring dough together)

For the Filling:

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup corn syrup

¼ cup melted butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

¼ tsp salt

¼ cup raisins

¼ cup chocolate chips

¼ cup lightly toasted chopped pecans or walnuts

¼ cup finely chopped dried coconut (unsweetened)

🎨 How to Make It

1️⃣ Make the Pastry:

Pulse flour, brown sugar, salt, shortening, and butter until crumbly with pea-sized pieces.

Add ice water and mix gently until dough holds together.

Form into two disks, wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.

Roll out dough, cut into 4-inch circles, and place in muffin cups. Keep cold while prepping filling.

2️⃣ Prepare the Filling:

Whisk together brown sugar, corn syrup, melted butter, egg, vanilla, and salt.

Place raisins, chocolate chips, nuts, and coconut into the bottom of each tart shell.

Fill each shell about ⅔ full with syrup mixture.

3️⃣ Bake:

Bake on the bottom rack at 425°F (220°C) for 12–15 minutes.

Cool completely before removing from the pan.

Optional:

For a firmer filling, add 1 extra egg, increase sugar to ¾ cup, and reduce corn syrup to ¼ cup.

Canadian, cozy, sweet, gooey — pure perfection! 🍁🤤