butter tart

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021

You could be forgiven if you’ve never eaten a butter tart.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

By the 1910s, the butter tart was all the rage in the farming regions of Ontario.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

“Good butter tarts, they seem like a modest dessert,” said Michael DeForge, a creator of TartQuest, an Instagram feed of butter tart reviews.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Unlike the Nanaimo bar — a midcentury British Columbian creation made with processed ingredients like custard powder and graham crackers — the butter tart goes back at least to the 19th century.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018