19 butter tart recipes

Salad dressing cranberry muffins use Miracle Whip in place of butter or oil for a strikingly tender crumb. Tart cranberries, bright orange zest, and orange juice concentrate make these holiday-ready.

Cranberry nut biscotti are crunchy Italian twice-baked cookies studded with toasted hazelnuts and tart dried cranberries. No butter, so they're properly crisp and dunkable, with a festive red-and-gold look.

Tarte Tatin with a nutty oatmeal crust: apples caramelized in butter and brown sugar in a cast-iron skillet, baked under the crust, then flipped to reveal the glossy upside-down apple tart.

Steamed cranberry pudding with molasses and a warm vanilla butter sauce. A dense, tart-sweet holiday dessert with jewel-red cranberry halves throughout, steamed for 90 minutes in a mold.

Bread-and-butter pickled zucchini turns a garden glut into 36 sweet-tart jars. Mustard seed, celery seed, and turmeric build the classic bread-and-butter spice profile around sliced zucchini and onion.

Avocado Kashmir fills halved avocados with a warmly spiced curry of eggplant, apple, and aromatic Indian spices, served over steamed rice with a spread of chutneys and condiments.

Cape Cod cranberry-blueberry crisp with maple syrup, oat-almond topping, and whole wheat flour. A naturally sweetened, butter-free fruit dessert bursting with tart berry flavor.

Applejack apple slab pie bakes 25 sliced tart apples with cinnamon and butter between a shortening pastry crust in a sheet pan, then drizzles with a sweet cream glaze. Crowd-feeding holiday pie.

Old-fashioned pineapple rhubarb marmalade with chopped figs and lemon. A spring preserve that captures peak rhubarb season in jars. Sweet, tart, and built for biscuits or buttered toast.

Three layers of fall flavor: a press-in oat crust, sour cream custard filling loaded with cinnamon apples, and a buttery brown sugar crumble on top. No pie dough skills required.

Layers of tart Granny Smith apples and sweet pears with buttered whole wheat bread cubes, brown sugar, and warm spices. This comforting brown betty bakes until bubbly. Serve with custard.

A savory carrot quiche with homemade butter crust, Edam cheese, cream, and bacon. Arranged in a star pattern, this European-style tart makes a gorgeous brunch or light dinner centerpiece.

Crustless peach tart with a blended oat custard sweetened with honey and cinnamon. No butter, no pastry dough, and low-fat. The oat batter puffs up golden around tender peach slices.

Pate sucree (sweet short pastry) made the French way with butter worked by hand into flour, powdered sugar, and eggs. Tender, cookie-like crust for tarts and tartlets that keeps for days.

Cranberry cake wreath bakes a tart-sweet cranberry and orange batter in a ring mold for a festive holiday centerpiece. Fresh cranberries pop against an orange-scented crumb, with walnuts for crunch.

Cranberry pumpkin muffins fold tart fresh cranberries into a spiced pumpkin batter for a tender breakfast muffin balanced between sweet and tangy. The autumn pairing in muffin form.