Blackberry Puff Pastry Tarts

This simple yet delicious recipe is certain to please anyone with a sweet tooth. You can use either puff pastry sheets or shells for this recipe. If you use sheets, put the filling in before you cook the pastry, and then cook them all the way in one go. These are equally good warm or cooled, but I advise against reheating them in the microwave or refrigerating them.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 219 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• ¼ cup turbinado sugar
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen puff pastry shells, thawed
• 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen blackberries

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

Step 2

Mix the cream cheese, sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl until thoroughly blended. Set aside.

Step 3

Place the puff pastry shells on the prepared cookies sheet. Brush each shell with milk and sprinkle with turbinado sugar.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until shells expand and turn golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Watch closely to make sure shells bake thoroughly, but do not overbake. Remove shells from oven, and use a fork to remove the cap from each shell. Set the caps aside.

Step 5

Spoon 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture into each shell. Top with 6 to 8 blackberries. Place a puff pastry cap on top of each shell over the berries.

Step 6

Return filled pastry shells to oven, and bake until pastry tops are golden brown and the filling is warm, about 5 minutes more.