HOW TO MAKE CREAM CHEESE-JAM FLOWER TARTS

These mini flower tarts just might be the cutest dessert you'll make all season. Perfect for birthday parties, spring gatherings or Easter brunch, guests are guaranteed to "ooh" and "ahh" over the adorable sugar-dusted petals and the colorful, creamy filling.

 

PREP TIME
Ingredients

Servings

 Total Time

25 minutes

  6 16 minutes 60 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Pillsbury™ refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 to 2 teaspoons powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 oz (from 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla SAVE $
  • 1/3 cup jam or preserves (raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, apricot), stirred well

 

CREAM CHEESE-JAM FLOWER TARTS

The CREAM CHEESE-JAM FLOWER TARTS recipe is incredibly easy.
It contains simple ingredients that you should already have on hand. Pillsbury Pie Crusts, Powdered sugar, butter(softened), cream cheese(softened), vanilla,
cup jam or preserves (raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, apricot), stirred well

  • 1
    Heat oven to 450°F. Remove one crust from pouch. On lightly floured surface, unroll crust, and roll to 12-inch circle. With 3 1/2- to 4-inch flower-shaped cookie cutter, cut 8 flowers from crust; repeat for remaining crust.
  • 2
    Carefully place 1 cutout inside each of 16 ungreased mini muffin cups, staggering them every other cup among 3 pans, and firmly pressing them down into bottom. Gently fold petals flat around top of pan.
  • 3
    Prick bottom and sides a few times with fork. Bake two pans 5 to 7 minutes or until light golden brown, then bake remaining pan. For all pans, cool 5 minutes in pan; gently remove shells from pan to cool on cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  • 4
    Using fine-mesh sieve, lightly sprinkle petals with the 1 to 2 teaspoons powdered sugar.
  • 5
    In small bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on low speed 1 to 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally, until smooth and creamy. Add vanilla and the 1/2 cup powdered sugar; beat until smooth. Pipe or spoon 2 teaspoons of the cream cheese mixture into each shell, carefully smoothing tops. Spoon 1 teaspoon of the jam on top of cream cheese layer on each, and carefully spread to cover cream cheese filling. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
    If you only have 1 or 2 mini muffin pans, bake in batches and be sure to cool them completely before adding the remaining pie crust cutouts for baking. Spacing the pie cutouts in the pan allows for enough room for petals without having to overlap them.
    We used a Wilton™ flower-shaped cookie cutter with more pronounced petals, which worked well and gave us the best "flower" look. The pronounced petals were easy to fold over the top edges of pan without having to stretch the pie crust too much.

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