Strawberry Tarts

Mini Strawberry Tarts

By: Ms. Jayna

Adapted from: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/106022/mini-strawberry-tarts/

Ready in 1 hour and 18 minutes

Serves 35 people

280 calories

Ingredients

• 2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups of butter
• 4 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
• 3 (3 oz) packages strawberry flavored Jello-O mix
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 6 drops red food coloring
• 3 ½ cups of boiling water
• Confectioners Sugar
• ¼ cup of cornstarch
• 3 pounds of fresh strawberries, sliced.
• 1 ½ cups whipped cream

Preparation

1. Pre-set oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease mini muffin pan with butter.
2. In a large bowl, place cream cheese, 3 drops of food coloring, and butter. Beat with electric mixer until mixture is smooth and fluffy. Consistently beat in flour one cup at a time until it is all mixed in. Then, roll the dough into 70 small balls, and press each into a mini muffin pan cup to create the pastry crusts.
3. Bake the crust in the already heated oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from oven, and allow to cool.
4. Add gelatin, sugar, and food coloring into the boiling water. On high heat; bring back to a boil. Separately, mx together cornstarch and water to make a paste. Stir the cornstarch mixture in the boiling gelatin until dissolved. Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5. Drizzle cooled gelatin mixture evenly into tart shells. Push a strawberry half down into each tart. If desired, top each tart with a small amount of whipped cream or whipped topping just before serving.
6. Dust with confectioners sugar.