Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Strawberry Tart

Strawberry Tart: The Charm of Home
The strawberry tart from yesterday's tea is a cinch to make.  I have made tarts before; twice, and they were complete flops.  But, I am here to tell you this recipe is much easier and worked really well so I felt good about sharing it!

Strawberry Tart: The Charm of Home
I used a tart pan I was given my sponsor Wholeport.com.  It was a really nice pan that was food grade and performed well with the making of this tart. 

Mini Berry Tarts or Long Tart (which uses 1/2 the recipe)
Crust ingredients:
7 tablespoons butter, melted
2 1/4 cups granola, crushed
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  In a small bowl, combine butter, granola, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.  Pat crusts into four 4-inch tart pans (I used two tart pans and one long tart pan).  Place on cookie sheet.  Bake 5-6 minutes.  *Note: I cooked the long tart pan about 8 minutes. Cool completely.

Filling:
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest
Fresh berries of choice

Combine all ingredients except berries and blend well.  Divide filling into 4 tarts or 2 tarts and the long tart pan or with 1/2 the recipe it will fill just the long tart pan.  Arrange berries on cheese mixture,  Chill at least 30 minutes before serving.

Recipe adapted from: Wilton

*Note: the 4-inch mini tart pans came from Walmart and were made by Wilton.


Thank you to my sponsor Wholeport.com for supplying the rectangular tart pan.

Strawberry Tart: The Charm of Home
Sherry
I will link this to:
Encouraging Homemakers Link Party at Living From Glory to Glory 
Foodie Friday at Rattlebridge Farm 
Strut Your Stuff Saturday at Six Sisters Stuff 
Homemaking Linkup at Hope In Every Season 
Rooted in Thyme Simple and Sweet Fridays
The Best Blog Recipes link party 
Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party
Table It! at Rustic & Refined   
Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
Creative Ways link party at Posed Perfection
Your Going to Love it Tuesday At Kathe with an E
Project Inspire at An Extraordinary Day
Anything Goes Party at Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo
Sweet and Savoury Sunday at Baking in Pyjamas

17 comments:

Butterfly 8)(8 Bungalow said...

It looks yummy!

Shenita @ Embellishments by SLR said...

Sherry, your tart looks delicious! I'm sure it's very tasty! I love anything with strawberries.

Sue/the view from great island said...

This is the perfect spring dessert!

Ivy and Elephants said...

This looks so yummy, the pan gives it such an elegant shape. Thanks so much for the recipe, I love berries!
Hugs,
Patti

Finding Joy said...

What a lovely idea for afternoon tea, the strawberries make it look very inviting.

Popped over from Roxy's blog, lovely to meet you.

Blessings

Christine @ Rustic-Refined said...

I have a pint of strawberries in the fridge and was planning on using for strawberry tea but I think you have definitely changed my mind and I will probably be baking a tart today.
Which is good because the rainy weather we're getting is positively gross! Thanks so much for linking up with us I really appreciate it!

Jamie @ Domestically Vintage said...

So delicious looking! I will pin this and maybe be able to make it for the party I was telling you about the other day. All such beautiful photos. Have a great day! ~ Jamie

Diane | An Extraordinary Day said...

I haven't made a tart in a long time, Sherry. You have inspired me to get those pans out for a delightful treat. Yours looks amazing!!!! I'll be right over! [wink]

Crystelle Boutique said...

I love fresh strawberries,and this tart looks extremely delicious. I think I might have to make one, or eight..... :)
hugs x, Crystelle
Crystelle Boutique

Lou Lou Girls said...

Woo Hoo! I'm doing the happy dance right now! Jessica has picked your post to be featured this week at our party. Pinned! Thanks for being part of it. I hope you will swing by on Monday at 7 pm. We love having you. http://loulougirls.blogspot.com
Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls

Lady of the Manor said...

Thanks for sharing this, Sherry! I'm hosting garden club tomorrow and think I'll give it a try, along with my shortbread cookies and fresh blueberry muffins. I'll let you know how it turns out! Sounds so easy and delicious.

Tanjla said...

This looks and sounds fabulous - I will definitely make this soon.

Yummy!

Tanjla

Nici @ Posed Perfection said...

Another amazing recipe, Sherry! Thanks for linking it up to my Creative Ways Link Party. Just shared it on Google+.
Blessings,
Nici

Georgia Milton said...

It looks so delicious! Thanks for the recipe! Can't wait to try it!

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Mindie Hilton said...

Featuring Friday!

Anonymous said...

This looks great, so pretty. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!

Anonymous said...

This looks great, so pretty. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!