tarts

These pear Rumchata cheese tarts sound sophisticated and look elegant, but they’re actually a breeze to make. Flaky puff pastry, a rich cheesecake filling, topped with spiced pears and a Rumchata glaze make these hard to resist.  Do you remember last week when I mentioned my baking tirade for the charity auction? Well, these pear tarts were probably my favorite of the things I baked for the auction. Maybe because I was sipping some Rumchata as I was working on…

Tender buttery pastry crust, cinnamon and brown sugar soaked apples, all baked into mini tarts that will fit in the palm of your hand. My mother in law is obsessed with all things tiny. If it comes in a miniature size, you can be guaranteed you will find it somewhere in her house. She has miniature Tupperware bowls, tiny  salt and pepper shakers, miniscule measuring spoons, and itty bitty Fisher-Price toys the size of key chain bobbles just to name…