Happy New Year! For my final recipe of this year I am sharing this ridiculously easy bite size treat that you could literally throw together right now if you wanted to. Jam tarts were something that my mum made all the time when I was growing up in England, so I completely attribute this recipe to her and my British roots with wonderful childhood memories!
My family moved to the United States from England when I was about ten, so I remember many International Nights at my school here in the US where my mum would do a big display about Great Britain and serve up these little tarts for people to taste. Let me tell you, it was a very popular display! There is something about this little sweet bite that is comforting and fun, so I think it’s the perfect little treat to take us in to 2021.
This is definitely a big cheat recipe because I use store bought refrigerated pie crust that you just unroll and cut, but you can absolutely use your favorite pie crust recipe too if you want to go the extra mile!
These little bites of deliciousness are so easy but taste quite fancy and look so cute! You are literally putting a spoonful of jam in a piece of pie crust, baking and then sprinkling it with powdered sugar or dabbing it with frosting! I love to use different jams and jellies so I have different colors on the plate. My favorite flavors are peach, raspberry and strawberry, but my hubby loves grape jelly so I always throw in some of those for him too.
You can get about 11-12 tarts out of each roll of pie crust. (You usually get 2 pie crusts to a box which will give you around 24 tarts.)
Ingredients:
- Store bought refrigerated pie dough
- Assortment of jams or jellies
- Powdered sugar or cream cheese frosting
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 400.
- Use a glass cup or a round cookie cutter, (I use a 2.5 inch pastry round), to cut out rounds from the pastry dough. I always take the scraps and re-roll it to get as many as I can out of the crust.
- Push the rounds gently into greased mini-muffin/brownie pan holes.
- Put about 3/4-1 tsp of jam or jelly in each round.
- Bake in your 400 degree oven for 14-16 minutes.
- Let cool in the pans for about 2 minutes then use a sharp knife to help get them out and cool on racks the rest of the way.
- Before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or put a dab of frosting on each one.
Quick & Easy English Jam Tarts
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Ingredients
- Store bought refrigerated pie dough (each roll of dough will give you about 11-12 tarts)
- Assortment of jams or jellies
- Powdered sugar or cream cheese frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400.
- Use a glass cup or a round cookie cutter, (I use a 2.5 inch pastry round), to cut out rounds from the pastry dough. I always take the scraps and re-roll it to get as many as I can out of the crust.
- Push the rounds gently into greased mini-muffin/brownie pan holes.
- Put about 3/4-1 tsp of jam or jelly in each round.
- Bake in your 400 degree oven for 14-16 minutes.
- Let cool in the pans for about 2 minutes then use a sharp knife to help get them out and cool on racks the rest of the way.
- Before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or put a dab of frosting on each one.
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