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Recipe Festive Triangle Tarts (Pie)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- PASTRY
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup LAND O LAKES ® Butter, softened*
- 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- FILLING
- 1/2 cup jam or preserves, any flavor
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped nuts
- 1/8 teaspoon lemon or almond extract
- GLAZE
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon or almond extract
- 3 teaspoons water
Preparing/Cooking:
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in large bowl; add butter and cream cheese.
- Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs (2 to 3 minutes).
- Add water; continue beating just until dough forms (20 to 30 seconds).
- Shape dough into a ball; divide in half.
- Flatten each half; wrap in plastic food wrap.
- Refrigerate until firm (at least 3 hours or up to 3 days).
- Stir all filling ingredients together in small bowl.
- Set aside.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, one-half at a time (keeping remaining dough refrigerated), to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut dough with floured 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Spoon 1/2 teaspoonful filling in center of each round.
- Lift up edges of each circle at 3 points; pinch points together very firmly, forming a triangle, and leaving center open.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- (Tarts will open slightly as they bake.
- ) Remove from cookie sheets.
- Cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract and enough water for desired glazing consistency in small bowl.
- Drizzle on cooled tarts.
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