Mini Strawberry Tarts

Name: Mini Strawberry Tarts
Prep time: 1 h 18 min
Cook time: 1 h 18 min
Total time: 1 h 18 min
Yield: 70
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters butter; 59 milliliters cornstarch; 454 grams packages cream cheese, softened; 1 liters all-purpose flour; 3 drops red food coloring; 1 kilograms fresh strawberries, sliced; 255 grams packages strawberry flavored Jell-O® mix; 59 milliliters water; 237 milliliters white sugar

Mini Strawberry Tarts requires around 1 hour and 18 minutes from start to finish. This recipe serves 70. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 131 calories. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Mother's Day. Head to the store and pick up strawberry jell-o® mix, cornstarch, sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease mini muffin pans.

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Oven

Place cream cheese and butter in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in flour, one cup at a time, until all is incorporated.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Roll dough into 70 small balls, and press each into a mini muffin pan cup to form the pastry crusts.

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Dough

Roll

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Mini Muffin Tray

Bake crusts in preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from oven, and allow to cool.

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Oven

Stir gelatin, sugar, and food coloring into the boiling water.

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Food Color

Gelatin

Sugar

Water

Place over high heat; bring back to a boil. Stir together cornstarch and water to make a paste. Stir the cornstarch mixture in the boiling gelatin until dissolved.

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Corn Starch

Gelatin

Water

Remove from heat and allow to cool completely, about 30 minutes.

Spoon 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 topping just before serving.

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Whipped Topping