Bake Exchange Butter Tart Bars

Submitted by Winnipeg Mel

"I received these from Pamela's annual baking exchange and thought that I'd share the recipe."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 27 bars

ingredients

• BOTTOM LAYER

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup hard margarine, softened
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour

• SECOND LAYER

• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups raisins
• 1⁄2 chopped walnuts

directions

1. BOTTOM LAYER.
2. Crumble all 3 ingredients together in a bowl.
3. Press into ungreased 9x9" pan.
4. Bake at 350°F for 15 minutes.
5. SECOND LAYER.
6. Mix eggs and brown sugar with spoon.
7. Add the rest of the ingredients.
8. Stir and spread over bottom layer.
9. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes or until light brown.

Reviews

[Heatherbee2]

Wow, I am thrilled to make these myself rather than buying store-made butter tarts/bars. I used a smaller (8x8) pan, so I baked them for 28 minutes. We don't like raisins, so I omitted them, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly, and they turned out sublime. "Bake Exchange" is an appropriate name: They are impressive and worthy of any family event or pot-luck function. Will certainly be making again!

 

[the4taals]

This is an old recipe from Company's Coming 150 Delicious Squares. It is great if you want the taste but not the work of butter tarts. I use 1 tbsp of flour in filling, double the vanilla, add a pinch of cinnamon and use 1 cup of raisins, no nuts. I bake the crust 12 minutes and the filling 25 minutes, works great in my oven. Thicker crust if 8 inch pan used, double the recipe for a 9x13 pan.

 

[snowangel]

Yum!!! These are absolutely delicious bars. I only put in 1 c of raisens and did not add any nuts. I baked them for 20 mins and they are perfect. Thank you for sharing a great recipe Winnipeg*Mel*.

 

[The Boopster]

I have made this twice and the second time, I added diced prunes and dried cranberries. The combination of sweet and sour was out of this world. I added a 1/4 cup of flour to the filling and also cut down the sugar to 1/2 cup and it turned out delish. My husband and I just can't get enough of these scrumptious little gems. Please don't let the prunes turn you off, they are really delicious and healthy. Everyone should give these a try at least once and you to will be surprised how wonderful they are. Thank You Winnipeg "Mel" for an awesome recipe.

 

[CulinaryQueen]

Sorry that I'm only giving this three stars, but it was way too sweet for my taste, and I even used less brown sugar for the top layer. I may try it again and only use about a 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Also, it seemed like it should have been baked an additional 5-10 minutes as it was almost too gooey. It may be my oven though as it's new and I have to lower the temp by about 5-10 degrees so things don't burn! I may have lowered it too much, oops!