When I was a kid, my mother used to make butter tarts at Christmas.. little tiny fancy tarts which I found quite delicious.  My mother used currants and that is the way I had always had them.

When I met my (former) husband, he mentioned his love of the tarts, so I made attempts to make them the way he liked them.

That said, I have not made butter tarts for years.  I used to make them quite often.  However, once the ex and I split, I just really didn’t bake as often and really had no reason to make them… Continue reading →