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The butter tart is the Ontario gooey-runny pastry filled with butter, brown sugar, eggs and corn syrup, sometimes raisins or pecans. The crust is short and flaky; the filling pours when you bite.
The butter tart is a Canadian invention from early-1900s Ontario, with the first published recipe appearing in the 1900 Royal Victoria Cookbook from Barrie, Ontario. The Ontario Best Butter Tart Festival in Midland draws judging in June; Toronto's reference baker is Wanda's Pie in the Sky in Kensington Market since 1989, the runny-centre style the city standard.
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