Are Butter Tarts a Canadian food?

TheShadow · Sunday at 6:19 PM

I have often thought that butter tarts are a Canadian food if not a Canadian Invention.

Am I wrong?

harrylee · Sunday at 6:59 PM

The history of the butter tart is believed to have originated in Quebec in the late 17th century from the "filles du roi" (King's Daughters) who adapted European dessert recipes using local ingredients like maple sugar. The first written recipe for a butter tart appeared in 1900 in the Women's Auxiliary of the Royal Victoria Hospital Cookbook in Barrie, Ontario, solidifying its place as a Canadian classic.