Reply #27: oh yum [View All]

[iverglas]

My local 7-11 used to sell wonderful huge drippy bakery butter tarts. And then it stopped. Nothing but fake Mexican food now. Oh, and



of course.

I have my grandmother's butter tart recipe ... but even though I make great pastry, I balk at cleaning it off the floor, the ceiling, the back deck and the cat when I'm done, so I don't. But my friend's daughter has promised me a butter tart-making bee sometime this summer: I provide the ingredients, she makes the pastry, I do the rest. Some day when the heat is below today's 26C and the humidity below yesterday's 100% (I think it's only 84% today, but the difference isn't really noticeable), that is ...

Ever given a USAmerican a butter tart? I find that it's a good way of taming them.