It is Day Two of THE GREAT BLOGGERS’ BAKE-OFF 2020 SUMMER PICNIC and we have another amazing day packed full of BAKING and PICNIC creations. Just wait to see what we have in store!
After our party last night, we wanted to start Sunday morning on a serene note. We have our fabulous 
I was so pleased when I saw these because I grew up near a town named Wigan (famous for pies) and one of the most popular pies back home is a Butter Pie. So to see that Canada has a Butter Tart is awesome!
This is the fantastic post that Margot published detailing how she made these scrummy looking tarts:
https://margotdreamsofbaking.ca/2020/05/01/buttertarts/
I can’t imagine starting a Sunday morning on a more lovely note than scenes from the spectacular Canada! Thank you Margot for a very lovely start to our day!
Caramel 
Those look yummy
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Margot has made some very tasty bakes and picnic snacks. I think we have two more from her to come!
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They do look fantastic
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They do!
Have you had an English butter pie? They are very popular in Wigan, are they in Yorkshire bakeries?
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It’s more of a red rose thing but very nice.
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I didn’t realize they are more of a Lancashire bake. They certainly do warm your cockles on a cold wintery day!
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Butter tarts are my absolute favourite and I just found out they were invented in the town I live in!
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Are your butter tarts sweet?
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Yes. They use a combination of brown sugar, corn syrup (or golden syrup) butter vanilla and egg for the filling so it is sweet. The filling comes out with caramel notes after baking.
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I always approve of caramel notes!
Here in England, butter pies are savoury – potatoes, softened onions and lots of butter
https://www.greedygourmet.com/recipes-by-national-cuisine/english-recipes/lancashire-butter-pie/
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I can break the recipe down into grams and ml if you’re interested since our measuring cups in Canada have both metric and imperial
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That is a huge help! Cups don’t mean anything here in England. So if I follow a recipe with the instructions in cups, I am totally lost!
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I’ve updated the recipe 🙂
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Awesome! Thank you!! ❤
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