EASY SUMMER FRUIT COOKIE TARTS

Ingredients

For Cookie Dough Crust

• Two 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• One teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter
• 2/3 cup sugar
• Two large egg yolks
• One tablespoon milk
• Two teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• You will also need seasonal fruits and berries. Suggestions below

Instructions

1. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy:
3. Add the egg yolks, milk, and vanilla and beat well.
4. Fold the dry ingredients until crumbly, then press the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for a half-hour.
5. Press the cookie dough into tart pans about a 1/4 inch thick on the bottom and sides.
6. Add any sliced fruit or berries into the pastry shell and sprinkle each one with 1/2 tsp sugar. You can probably omit the sugar if you’d rather just have the natural sweetness of the fruit. Some fruit and berry suggestions include:
7. blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, nectarines, blackberries, or raspberries.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees F until evenly dark golden brown at the edges. You want some excellent dark color to the cookie crust to make sure they are fully baked.
9. Cool on a wire rack to almost room temperature before removing from the pans to cool completely. These would also be excellent served warm with a scoop of good vanilla bean ice cream.

Makes 12 tarts