Mini Huckleberry Crumb Tarts

I works life this recipe, a spell back, on The Life as well as Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch as well as decided to plow over it a try. I accept used the pastry musical rhythm many times inwards other recipes similar Pecan Tassies, only I never reckon of using it amongst a fruit filling until Shelby's post....what a smashing idea!!

CRUST

iii ounces cream cheese (Shelby uses fatty free)
1/2 loving cup butter at room temperature
1 loving cup all role flour

Mix until smooth, twine inwards plastic as well as chill for an hour.  This dough is lovely as well as really slow to function with. While the dough is chilling, brand the huckleberry filling.

BLUEBERRY FILLING

iv cups of blueberries (if frozen - thaw as well as drain well)
Juice of i lemon
3/4 loving cup carbohydrate (Shelby uses Splenda)
1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed amongst 1/8 loving cup mutual coldness water

Mix the blueberries, lemon juice as well as carbohydrate inwards a heavy bottomed saucepan. Bring to a wearisome boil as well as hence whisk inwards the cornstarch slurry (cornstarch as well as H2O mixed together). Keep stiring hence that lumps exercise non form. Continue to laid upwards as well as stir for 1-2 minutes or until really thick.  Remove from oestrus as well as allow cool.

CRUMB TOPPING

1 loving cup all role flour
iii tablespoons brownish carbohydrate (Shelby uses Splenda brownish sugar)
iii tablespoons butter at room temperature

Work these ingredients together, amongst your fingers, until y'all larn a soft crumbly texture.

NOTE: This makes a TON of crumb topping. I cutting the ingredients inwards one-half as well as I STILL had besides much topping, hence I seat the residual inwards the freezer for my side past times side baking project.

ASSEMBLY

Roll the chilled dough into 1" balls (this recipe makes most 20-24 tarts). Place each ball of dough into ungreased mini-cupcake pan.

Use a tart tamper (or anything inwards your kitchen that has a large rounded halt that y'all tin dismiss use) to tamp downwardly the dough, making certain the dough comes upwards on the sides of each tart. You tin dismiss also usage your fingers to brand a depression inwards the dough ball as well as function the pastry crust upwards the sides of the tart well.

Fill each tart amongst the cooled huckleberry filling as well as a generous teaspoon of the crumb topping.

Bake inwards a pre-heated 375 oven for 15-20 minutes (my oven took 25 minutes) or until the crust gets a squeamish golden color. Let the tarts COOL IN THE PAN for 10-15 minutes earlier lifting them out.

NOTE: I love versatile recipes similar this one. I mean value ANY fruit filling would function good here; I'm trying apple tree next!!