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Plum Summer Fruit Cookie Tarts

Easy Summer Fruit Cookie Tarts

Easy Summer Fruit Cookie Tarts - baked in individual tart pans with a cookie dough crust & filled with any summer fruit you like. A summer picnic favourite!
Course Cookies/Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 large tarts
Calories 284 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

ForCookie Dough Crust

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • You will also need seasonal fruits and berries. Suggestions below.

Instructions

  1. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
  2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy:
  3. Add the egg yolks, milk and vanilla and beat well.
  4. Fold in the dry ingredients until crumbly, then press the dough into a ball , wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for a half hour.
  5. Press the cookie dough into tart pans about a 1/4 inch thick on the bottom and sides.
  6. Add any sliced fruit or berries into the pastry shell and sprinkle each one with 1/2 tsp sugar. You can probably omit the sugar if you'd rather just have the natural sweetness of the fruit. Some fruit and berry suggestions include:
  7. blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, blackberries or raspberries.
  8. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees F until evenly dark golden brown at the edges. You want some good dark color to the cookie crust to make sure they are fully baked.
  9. Cool on a wire rack to almost room temperature before removing from the pans to cool completely. These would also be excellent served warm with a scoop of good vanilla bean ice-cream.