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butter tart

British  

noun

  1. a kind of tart made with butter, brown sugar, and raisins

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sara Bonisteel, a writer for The Times’s Cooking section, shares her butter tart recipe.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2022

Dessert generally features a pumpkin pie and possibly a maple-kissed butter tart.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2021

The very first butter tart recipe may never be found, because until recently cookbooks were not seen as items worth preserving.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

The idea of buying an ersatz butter tart from a bakery?

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

Glad to see it was the humble butter tart that did it!

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018

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