Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts

By Paula Deen

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14 reviews • 1 questions

dessert kid friendly picnic sweets valentine's day

Difficulty: Easy

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Servings: 12 tarts

Ingredients

12 vanilla wafers
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
2 (8 oz) packages softened cream cheese
1 (21 oz) can or other pie filling cherry pie filling

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Place a paper cupcake liner in each cup of muffin pan. Beat cream cheese with a handheld electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Lay a vanilla wafer, flat side down, in each muffin cup. Spoon cream cheese mixture over wafers. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow tarts to cool completely. Serve with cherry filling on top, or pie filling of your choice.

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Pauline Fister

May 04, 2012

I saw you teach Rachel to do these and did them for our Mother-daughter tea at church. I'm doing them again this year. I use the food processor. Thickened with cornstarch,crushed pineapple is a good topping too. They look pretty on your tray. Pauline

Ethel Moore

March 17, 2012

This is a wonderful recipe and so easy. I have made it for bake sales and for friends and family everyone loved it. I did add a tablespoon of lemon juice to the recipe. My grandchildren like the single serve method that way they can just get their own desert. Thank you Paula for such a wonderful easy recipe.

Bob

February 20, 2012

These are amazing! I saw them being made on your TV show, so made them for a club meeting and were a huge hit. The best part is, they are so easy even I could make them. Thanks Paula!!

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March 16, 2024

I FOLLOWED YOUR RECIPE TO THE T, BUT THE CENTER OF MY TART FELL ALMOST DOWN TO THE NILLA WAFER

The Deen Team

March 18, 2024

Overbeating can cause the batter to rapidly rise and fall. Also cooling completely can help with the tarts falling.