Pear Tartlets
This quick and easy dessert is perfect for those cooler autumn evenings.
Servings 15 tartlets
Calories 84kcal
Ingredients
- 4 Bartlett pears
- 1 portion of pie dough refrigerate second portion and use later
- ¼ cup butter ½ stick, melted
- Cinnamon Sugar in a bowl, mix about 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar with ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Slice the pears thinly.
- Defrost the pie dough according to package directions and smooth out any tears or bumps.
- Using a round cookie cutter, cut circles out of the dough.
- Place on a greased baking pan about 2 inches apart from each other.
- Spread melted butter over each dough circle, just enough to cover.
- Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over each dough circle.
- Lay down slices of pears on top of each dough circle in fan formation.
- Sprinkle more cinnamon sugar on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until the edges of each dough circle are a light golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool at room temperature for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
Frozen pears: It's best to use fresh pears for this recipe. Frozen pears can lose their structure when baking and result in a more mushy texture in both the pears themselves and in the pastry.
Nutrition
Calories: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 0.4mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 64mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.4mg