Pillsbury Lemon Tarts Recipes

PILLSBURY LEMON TARTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Lightly grease 24 small tart pans or miniature muffin cups.
• Remove cookie dough from wrapper.
• Place 1 rounded teaspoon of dough in each tart pan; gently press in bottom and up side.
• Place tart pans on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute; carefully remove cookie tart shells from tart pans and place on wire racks.
• Grate peel from lemon (about 4 to 5 teaspoons); set aside.
• Squeeze juice from lemon, adding water if necessary to equal 1/4 cup; place in 2-quart saucepan.
• Stir in sugar and butter.
• Heat over medium heat until butter is melted.
• Remove from heat; stir in beaten eggs. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
• Stir in lemon peel. Cool slightly, about 15 minutes. (Lemon filling can be refrigerated at this point until ready to serve).
• To serve, spoon about 1 tablespoon lemon filling into each cookie tart; place on serving plate.* Garnish as desired.

LEMON-RASPBERRY TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, combine contents of filling packet from bar mix, water and eggs; mix well. Set aside.
• Press dry crust mix in bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 350°F. for 10 minutes.
• Stir filling again; pour over hot crust. Bake an additional 25 to 30 minutes or until top begins to brown. Cool 45 minutes or until completely cooled.
• To serve, arrange raspberries on top of tart. If desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Run knife around edge of tart; remove sides of pan. With wet knife, cut into wedges to serve.

SWEET AND SIMPLE LEMON TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking pan.
• Combine butter with 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl until smooth; stir in 1 cup flour. Press dough into prepared baking pan; pierce crust with fork in several places to prevent crust from puffing up during baking.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven until slightly golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool.
• Whisk white sugar and eggs in a bowl; stir 3 tablespoons flour into mixture and add lemon juice, lemon peel, and salt. Whisk until thoroughly combined. Pour mixture into baked tart crust.
• Bake until filling is set, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool and dust with 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar.

THE BEST LEMON TART EVER

Steps:

• Combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in the mixing bowl of a stand mixer; mix ingredients thoroughly with a paddle attachment. Mix flour into butter mixture to make a smooth dough. Press dough into a 9-inch tart pan; refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake crust until light golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Whisk sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup flour in a bowl until smooth. Pour lemon filling into crust. Cover edges of crust with strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake tart until filling is set, about 20 minutes. Cool completely and dust with confectioners' sugar.

TINY LEMON GEM TARTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray 24 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. In medium bowl, beat butter and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Beat in 1 cup flour until dough forms.
• Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Press 1 ball in bottom and up side of each muffin cup for crust. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in same bowl, beat remaining ingredients except powdered sugar on medium speed until well mixed.
• Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon mixture evenly into each baked crust. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until filling is light golden. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from muffin cups to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Sift powdered sugar over tops of cookies. Store covered in refrigerator. If desired, sift additional powdered sugar over cookies just before serving.

LEMON BLUEBERRY TARTLETS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Coat 8 (4 x 3/4-inch) tart pans with no-stick cooking spray. Beat shortening and cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in flour and salt until dough forms. Press into bottoms and sides of prepared pans. Place tart pans on baking sheet. Bake 5 minutes.
• Whisk sweetened condensed milk, egg and lemon juice in medium bowl until smooth. Stir in 1 teaspoon lemon peel. Divide evenly into crusts.
• Reduce oven to 375 degrees F. Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely. Remove from pans. Top with whipped cream and blueberries. Drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with remaining lemon peel.

STRAWBERRY-LEMON CURD TART

Steps:

• For curd:
• Whisk eggs, sugar, and lemon juice in heavy small saucepan to blend. Add butter and lemon peel. Stir over medium heat until curd thickens to pudding consistency, about 8 minutes. Transfer to small bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of curd and chill at least 2 hours.
• For crust:
• Combine flour, sugar, and salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add butter; using on/off turns, blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 2 tablespoons cream and yolk. Blend until moist clumps form, adding more cream by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap and chill 1 hour. (Curd and dough can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.)
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round. Transfer dough to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Trim overhang to 1/2 inch. Fold overhang in and press firmly, forming double-thick sides. Pierce crust all over with fork; refrigerate 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake crust until golden, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 20 minutes. Cool crust completely on rack.
• Spread curd in crust. Stand berries in curd. Strain jam into saucepan; warm briefly to thin. Brush jam over berries. Chill tart until glaze sets, at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours. Release tart from pan

LEMON SORBET TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Using the food processor and metal blade, combine all crust ingredients.
• Process until well mixed.
• Press crumb mixture in bottom of prepared pan and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove the sorbet from freezer and allow to sit at room temperature while while the crust cools.
• Meanwhile, cream cheese in large bowl with electric mixer.
• With mixer running at low speed, gradually add half and half to cream cheese, beating until well blended.
• Add powdered sugar and blend well.
• Beat at high speed for 2 to 3 minutes or until foamy.
• Spoon sorbet into another bowl and add cream cheese mixture, lemon juice and food color; stir until blended.
• Pour into cooled crust; spreading evenly.
• Freeze at least 2-1/2 hours or until firm.
• Garnish each slice with fresh mint leaves and lemon slices, strawberries or raspberries.
• The cooking time includes the time required in freezer.