Butterscotch Tart

{{Short description|British tart variety}}

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Butterscotch tart is a British tart variety originating either in 1600s Scotland or 19th century Yorkshire. It has a light texture with a pudding-like consistency.{{Cite book |last=Thorn |first=Becky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE0mEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22butterscotch+tart%22&pg=PT207 |title=Good Old-Fashioned School Dinners: The good, the bad and the spotted dick |date=2013-08-30 |publisher=Portico |isbn=978-1-907892-84-4 |language=en}}

Butterscotch tart is made from brown sugar, butter, and flour.{{Cite book |last1=Prueitt |first1=Elisabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwuiDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22butterscotch+tart%22&pg=PA141 |title=Tartine: Revised Edition |last2=Robertson |first2=Chad |last3=Waters |first3=Alice |date=2019-10-01 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-1-4521-7898-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Macdonald |first=Claire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7ZzAAAACAAJ |title=Scottish Cookery |date=1998-02-01 |publisher=Pitkin |isbn=978-0-85372-873-3 |pages=481–483 |language=en}} It was a common dessert in British school canteens in the 20th century.