Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts Recipe

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"It's hard to believe that just five ingredients and few minutes of preparation can result in these delicate and scrumptious tarts!" confirms Cindi Lynn Mitchell of Waring, Texas.

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Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
2 individual graham cracker shells
1/4 cup cherry pie filling

Directions

In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar and extract until smooth. Spoon into shells. Top with pie filling. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One tart (prepared with reduced-fat cream cheese and reduced-sugar cherry pie filling) equals 295 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 279 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 2 fat, 1-1/2 fruit.

Originally published as Cherry Cream Cheese Tarts in Taste of Home April/May 2001, p11