I love to make fruit tarts for the holidays. It provides relief from the puddings, pies, cakes and cookies. My favorite? A strawberry tart with a brushing of apricot jam over a pastry cream-filled ...

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tin with 12 liners. 2. Blend crackers in food processor until fine. 3. Mix crumbs with butter and sugar. Press into bottom of cupcake liners. 4. Bake 7-8 ...

MIXED BERRY FRENCH BUTTER FRUIT TART 3/4 cup French butter 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup powdered sugar Pinch salt 8 ounces cream cheese (room temp) 1/2 cup powdered sugar ¼ tsp almond extract 2 tbls heavy ...

These peach-topped tarts come from the new “Baking at Republique” cookbook (Ten Speed Press, $30) by Republique Bakery pastry chef and co-owner Margarita Manzke. “These tarts,” she says in the book, ...

My strawberry celebration hasn't slowed down. This week I threw blueberries into the mix with a double berry tart. The foundation of the tart is a citrus zest infused dough that's easy to make and ...

Most folks know I’m not the kind of person who makes or eats dessert on a regular basis, but I have been known to turn out a pretty dessert or two on a special occasion. Thanks to my stint in culinary ...

What's in a name? When it comes to dessert it can be a lot, and nowhere is that potentially more confounding than with tarts and tortes, so close in sound but so different from what may confront you ...