Mrs Widds rose a little earlier than I yesterday and put her nefarious plans in place.
Because we live in such a little cottage I awoke to a tantalizing toffee-and-melted-butter aroma that gently lifted me from my recumbancy.
Although I’m not at my best before my first cuppa tea, I hastened to the kitchen to be greeted by this …
Pastry and filling and butter, oh my!
She waved her magic rolling pin, and in a great act of alchemy transformed these base elements into ….
BUTTER TARTS!!!
I quelled my beating heart for I was about to face my greatest test ..
Quality control …
I girded my spleen, also pancreas, and bravely hoisting my tea, sallied forth to do my duty …
Going …
Gone, in a sugar induced haze of glory … if I should fall in service to the season, bury me where the wild tarts roam!
One of the ‘playlists’ on our ‘Wunder-Lusters’ video channel is going to be about cooking these sorts of things with a propane oven, dutch oven, campfire, all sorts of RVcooking in general really, because we do love our food, we does.
Widdershins Worlds 
Yummy and I see you drink your tea from bone china?
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Heh, heh, heh … from the Royal Albert of Walmart collection! 😀
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What an onerous task with which to begin the day.
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Well, one must suffer through these things in order to assure the quality of the product. One has a reputation to uphold after all. 🙂
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🙂
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May I sub in? That aroma would certainly have me levitating!
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Indeed you may! 😀 … we’re usually on an aroma induced high around here until boxing day! 😀
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And you met the challenge admirably! I have never had a butter tart!
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Oh, if you ever get the chance, they are sheer indulgence, best had with a nice hot cuppa to cleanse the palate afterwards. 😀
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Ah, butter tarts are a Canadian delicacy. “An iconic Canadian food,” says Wikipedia. I myself have never baked one, but out of patriotic duty I’ve eaten a number of them.
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Heh, I didn’t know they were a ‘Canadian delicacy’ probably why I never heard of ’em though when I was living in OZ. 😀 … I do agree about doing one’s patriotic duty though. 😀
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They do look a bit more-ish…
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Perfect for the season of overindulgence.
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Butter tarts are a perfect Christmas goody!
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Mmmmm … can’t have more than two at a time though, they’re so rich. 🙂
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True — terminal sugar shock! (But there are worse ways to go out.)
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Didn’t the Egyptians use honey as one of their preservatives when preparing their deceased loved ones for the afterlife? … maybe that’s what this season is really about!!! 😀
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Now there’s a happy thought! 😁
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Heh, heh, heh. 😀
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Great pics, but where’s the recipe?!? Tsk tsk…-grumble-
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Hmmm … we shall see, we shall see …
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Tell Mrs Widds that pie should always be shared….;)
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😀 … Mrs Widds (and I) says you are most welcome to drop around anytime. 😀
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-giggles- Thanks! I’ll just go warm up the Lear jet….:p
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We’ll make sure the tiki-torches are lit along the runway. 😀
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Awesome. Now all I need is a pilot…
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Ooooooh, I’m imagining myself chewing the yumminess. Mmmmmmm.
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Yummmmmm! 😀
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Yum. Have never seen these before. Not sure if we have them in the UK.
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You do now! 😀
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