Keto Butter Tarts

I will forgive you if you’ve never had a butter tart but only if you have never lived in or visited Canada.  You see butter tarts are definitely a Canadian thing but there is no reason you can’t make these at home, no matter where you live in the world these keto butter tarts are a must have 🙂

Butter tarts have a delicious mix of flavours and textures with a flaky pastry and a sweet filling.  Think of a pecan pie but with a gooey butter filling that’s semi solid.  Some butter tarts are made with raisins but for a low carb version these keto butter tarts are made with a maple ghee and pecans.

Ingredients for 6 Keto Butter Tarts

Crust

3/4 cup almond flour

1/3 cup coconut flour

1/2 tsp xanthan gum

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter

1 large egg

2 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp cream cheese

Filling

3/4 cup Sukrin Gold or Swerve Sweetener Brown

3 tbsp unsalted butter

3 tbsp of Lee’s Maple Ghee

***If you don’t have maple ghee you can double the amount of butter and use a maple extract if you want the maple taste

1 tbsp of heavy whipping cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 large egg

12 pecan halves chopped

Instructions

Crust

• Combine the almond and coconut flour, xanthan gum and salt in a large bowl
• Combine the cold butter into the mixture using a pastry blender or with two forks (do this step quickly so the butter doesn’t melt) then do the same with the cream cheese
• Add the whisked egg and the apple cider vinegar, continue to mix until small pellets form
• Grab the mixture with your hands and knead the dough until well mixed together to form a ball
• Wrap ball with plastic wrap and store in fridge for about an hour
• For full instructions please see : ihackeddiabetes.com

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