Warm apricot covered in a sweet vanilla glaze. Perfect for a rainy day.
Annie's Apricot Tarts
Ingredients:
- 2 bags Nature's Eats Dried Apricots
- 2 sticks butter at room temperature
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese room temperature
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- Sugar glaze
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 1 box sifted powdered sugar
- 6 tablespoon whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Cover dried apricots with water and cook on medium heat for 45 minutes. Add sugar at 40 minutes and cook together the last 5 minutes.
Mix apricots in blender until in spread form. Mix in butter, cream cheese, flour and sugar. Roll out pastry on floured board.
Cut with donut cutter without insert. Fill with 1 teaspoon apricot filling. Fold over into half circle, wet tines of fork and press together.
Bake 25 minutes at 350°F.
For glaze blend together glaze ingredients and spread over warm tarts. Makes enough glaze to double the recipe.
