Episode 107 - Celebrations
Segment #3 - Fruit Tarts
Recipe - Fruit Tarts

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• 8 large sugar cookies or a favorite plain round cookies
• 8 ounce package of cream cheese at room temperature
• 3 ounces of white chocolate or vanilla chips
• ¼-cup currant jelly
• Assorted fresh fruit such as blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and kiwi

LET'S GET STARTED:

In a microwave-safe dish, melt white chocolate or vanilla chips (about one minute) in your microwave.     Pour into a mixing bowl and stir with the cream cheese until smooth.    Spread the mixture over the cookies.  

Meanwhile, wash the fruit.   When dry, let the kids arrange them in pretty designs on the cookies.   If you use banana slices, add to the tarts at the last minute.

Melt jelly in a saucepan.   Let cool.   Drizzle or lightly brush over the fruit to glaze the tarts.  

Variation:

GIANT COOKIE FRUIT TART
Instead of individual cookies, bake a giant cookie, then cover with cream cheese mixture, decorate with fruit and add jelly as described above.

You'll need 1 package of prepared refrigerated sugar cookie dough.

Flatten the prepared cookie dough onto a pizza pan and bake according to package directions. Let cool before final steps.

OTHER ACTIVITIES FROM THIS EPISODE:

Invitations
Pancake Invitation
CD Case Invitation
Sock Baby Invitations
Cartons and Cans
Story Blocks
Fruit Tarts
Fruit Tarts
At the Table
Hurricane Lanterns
Lily Pad Napkin Holders
Woven Placemats
Animal Riddle Place Cards