Mini Jam Tarts Recipes

JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Mix flour, shortening, sugar, and salt together in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add water and mix until a ball is formed. Refrigerate pastry until well chilled, at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 24 shallow muffin cups.
• Roll pastry out thin; cut into rounds with a cookie cutter. Place each round in a muffin cup. Add 2 teaspoons of jam to each cup.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Cool tarts on a wire rack.

EASY JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Put the flour, butter and a pinch of salt in a bowl and rub them together with your fingertips (or you can pulse these ingredients together in a food processor if you have one). When the mixture looks and feels like fresh breadcrumbs, stir in the egg and vanilla seeds, if using, with a cutlery knife. Add 1 tbsp cold water, then start to bring the dough together in one lump with your hands - try not to knead it too much. Add 1 more tbsp of water if it's not coming together, but try not to add more than that. Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 30 mins.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Butter a 12-hole tart tin, then dust your work surface with flour. Unwrap and roll out the chilled pastry so it's about the thickness of a £1 coin, then use a straight or fluted round cutter to cut out 12 circles, big enough to line the holes in the tin. Dollop 1-2 tsp of your chosen filling into each one and, if you like, cut out little pastry hearts (perfect for Valentine's Day) and pop them on top.
• Bake for 15-18 mins or until golden and the filling is starting to bubble a little. Leave to cool in the tin for a few mins then carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

LITTLE JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Roll out the shortcrust pastry on a lightly floured surface to just under the thickness of £1 coin. Stamp out 20 x 5cm circles using a pastry cutter and line 2 mini muffin tins (or make in 2 batches).
• Prick with a fork and spoon 1 tsp jam into each (we used apricot, blackcurrant and strawberry). Stamp out shapes from the leftover pastry to decorate the tarts, if you like.
• Bake at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 12-15 mins, until the pastry is golden.

MINI JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Place the room temperature butter and the sugar into a large mixing bowl. Beat with a stand-mixer, beaters or a food processor until pale, smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Add the egg and vanilla extract and continue to beat until well combined.
• Sift over the plain flour and bicarbonate soda and mix until the dough comes together.
• Place the bowl of dough into the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
• Once chilled, form the dough into a ball. Place the ball onto a lightly floured board or bench and roll it out with a rolling pin until 5mm thick.
• Use a 6cm diameter round cookie cutter to cut out the pastry circles.
• Lightly grease a 12 hole patty pan tin. Gently press each of the pastry circles into the holes.
• Spoon 1-2 teaspoons of jam into the pastry shells, filling almost to the top.
• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
• Optional (but recommended - see notes): Chill the tarts in the patty pan tin in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Bake the tarts for 10 minutes or until the edges of the pastry start to turn slightly golden.
• Allow the tarts to cool in the baking pan for 30 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Note: as tempting as it is, do NOT eat the tarts while they are warm as the jam will burn your mouth.
• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 days.
• Place the room temperature butter and the sugar into the Thermomix bowl. Mix for 15 seconds, Speed 4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix for a further 15 seconds or until pale and creamy.
• Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix for 30 seconds, Speed 3.
• Add the plain flour and bi-carbonate of soda and mix for 10 seconds, Speed 5. Then knead for 2 minutes, Kneading function.
• Place the Thermomix bowl with the dough inside, into the fridge for 30 minutes to chill.
• Once chilled, form the dough into a ball. Place the ball onto a lightly floured board or bench and roll it out with a rolling pin until 5mm thick.
• Use a 6cm diameter round cookie cutter to cut out the pastry circles.
• Lightly grease a 12 hole patty pan tin. Gently press each of the pastry circles into the holes.
• Spoon 1-2 teaspoons of jam into the pastry shells, filling almost to the top.
• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
• Optional (but recommended - see notes): Chill the pastry in the patty pan tin in the freezer for 30 minutes.
• Bake the tarts for 10 minutes or until the edges of the pastry start to turn slightly golden.
• Allow the tarts to cool in the baking pan for 30 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Note: as tempting as it is, do NOT eat the tarts while they are warm as the jam will burn your mouth.
• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 days.

MINI JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, salt and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the cubed butter and, using your fingertips, lightly rub the butter into the flour until it resembles large breadcrumbs with some pieces the size of small peas. You can also use a pastry blender for this job.
• Make a well in the middle of the flour mix and add the egg. Using a wooden spoon, mix the egg into the flour until they are completely combined.
• Add the cream and mix until the dough is firm enough to form a ball when you press the mixture together with your fingers-it might be a little crumbly, but form the dough into a disk and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for a minimum of 1 hour, or up to 3 days, in the fridge. You can also freeze the dough, tightly wrapped in plastic, for up to 3 months. Thaw it overnight in the fridge before you roll and bake.
• Remove the disk of dough from the fridge and let it sit for a few minutes so it's easier to work with. Cut the dough in half.
• Lightly flour a large sheet of parchment, then place one piece of dough on the parchment. Sprinkle it lightly with flour and place a second sheet of parchment paper on top.
• Roll the dough between the two sheets of parchment paper to a thickness of 1/6 inch (4 mm). If the dough is soft, you might need to put it back in the fridge to firm up a little before you cut it.
• Preheat the oven to 375˚F (190˚F). Lightly grease two 12-cup muffin pans with butter.
• Using a cookie cutter that's about 3 inches (8 cm) in diameter, cut out rounds of the dough. A cookie cutter with fluted edges makes for pretty tartlets but if you don't have a cookie cutter, you can use a glass or ramekin that's the same diameter. One disk of the pastry should make ten rounds. You will need to gather up and re-roll scraps of the pastry to make sure you get ten-and each time you re-roll, you will need a touch of flour to ensure the pastry does not stick to the parchment. You may need to refrigerate the dough again once it's been rolled out if it is very soft and sticky.
• Use an offset spatula to help you remove the pastry rounds from the parchment and gently place them in the muffin cups. You don't need to press them right down to the bottom, as gravity will help them sink to form a little cup. Make sure the pastry rounds are evenly centered in the muffin cups. Place the muffin pan in the fridge while you work with the second piece of dough.
• Repeat with the second piece of dough and refrigerate the muffin pan and pastry rounds for 30 minutes.
• Place 1 teaspoon of jam in the middle of each pastry round. It doesn't look like a lot but it will bubble up and expand when it cooks.
• Bake for 20 minutes, until the pastry is golden and the jam is bubbling.
• Remove the pans from the oven and let the tarts sit in the pans for about 15 minutes, or until the jam is no longer runny. Remove the tartlets from the pans and cool on wire racks. Serve at room temperature. You can store these in an airtight container for up to 3 days-they will get soggy the longer you store them, though, so best to eat them up!

MINI JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon; process for 10 seconds. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, 15 to 20 seconds.
• Combine 1 egg yolk with 2 tablespoons ice water and add to flour mixture. Process until the dough comes together, about 7 seconds. Transfer to a clean work surface and compress into a flattened circle.
• Lightly dust the work surface with flour; roll out dough to just thinner than 1/4 inch. Using a round or square cookie cutter, cut out shapes and press into 2- to 3-inch tartlet tins or a small muffin-top pan. Shape crust as desired, fill each with 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons jam, and decorate tops with cutouts of dough. At this point, the tarts can be refrigerated for several hours.
• Combine remaining egg yolk with cream; lightly brush exposed dough with egg wash. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer tarts from tins to a wire rack to cool.

MINI JAM AND TREACLE TARTS | ASDA GOOD LIVING

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Chill a small jug of water in the fridge. Cut the butter into small cubes and leave out of the fridge for 5 minutes.
• Sift the flour, icing sugar and a pinch of salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it into the flour, using your fingertips, until it resembles large crumbs.
• Add 3 tbsp chilled water and mix with a round-bladed knife until it starts to make big clumps. Gather it together with your hands and shape into a ball.
• Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut out as many 8cm rounds as you can. Gently put them in a bun tray without stretching the pastry. From the leftover pastry, cut strips as wide as a pencil.
• Mix the breadcrumbs with the syrup and lemon zest. Put 1 rounded tsp of this mixture in half of the pastry cases. Put 1 rounded tsp raspberry jam in the other cases.
• Lay 2 strips of pastry on each tart to make a cross, dampening the pastry underneath with water (this will help it stick).
• Bake the tarts for 20-25 minutes and then leave them to cool - the filling will be very, very hot!

MINI JAM TARTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In a food processor, combine flour, sugar, salt, and cinnamon; process for 10 seconds. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, 15 to 20 seconds.
• Combine 1 egg yolk with 2 tablespoons ice water and add to flour mixture. Process until the dough comes together, about 7 seconds. Transfer to a clean work surface and compress into a flattened circle.
• Lightly dust the work surface with flour; roll out dough to just thinner than 1/4 inch. Using a round or square cookie cutter, cut out shapes and press into 2- to 3-inch tartlet tins or a small muffin-top pan. Shape crust as desired, fill each with 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons jam, and decorate tops with cutouts of dough. At this point, the tarts can be refrigerated for several hours.
• Combine remaining egg yolk with cream; lightly brush exposed dough with egg wash. Bake until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer tarts from tins to a wire rack to cool. Looking for more dessert ideas? Check out our homemade chocolate chip cookie recipes, apple pie recipes, and chocolate cake recipes.

MINI GINGER-PEACH TARTS

Steps:

• For the crust: Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, confectioners' sugar, salt and fresh ginger in a food processor. Pulse to mix everything, about 8 times. Scatter the cold butter pieces all around the flour mixture. Pulse to help break up the butter, about 6 times. Add the egg and pulse until the mixture looks like wet sand.
• Pour the mixture onto a large piece of parchment paper. Knead the dough until it comes together and there are no dry spots. Form the dough into a ball and cut it in half. Shape each half into a ball then place each ball between 2 sheets of parchment. Roll each ball flat into a disk about 1/8 inch thick between the parchment. Keep each disk between the parchment and refrigerate until chilled. (This is a good time to prepare the remaining ingredients.)
• Working with the first chilled disk (keep the second in the fridge), cut out rounds to fill three 4-inch nonstick mini tart pans with removable bottoms.
• Press 1 round of dough into the bottom and up the side of a tart pan, then use a paring knife to trim the excess pastry. Repeat with the second disk. Place all 6 filled tart pans in the freezer while you make the filling.
• For the filling: Combine the peaches, granulated sugar, flour, melted butter, and minced candied ginger in a large bowl and toss to coat. Transfer to the prepared tart shells and place on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and the bottom of the crust is cooked through.
• Let cool on a wire rack and brush each tart with the jam.
• For serving: Garnish each tart with the candied ginger, if desired. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

RECIPES

Steps:

• Step 1:Preheat the oven to 190˚C (170°C fan, 375˚F, gas mark 5).Step 2:Place the flour into a large bowl. Add the diced butter and rub the butter in using the fingertips, until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.Step 3:Stir in the sugar. Add the egg yolk and 1-3 tbsp of chilled water and mix with a palette knife until the dough starts to come together in a ball.Step 4:Knead very briefly to make the dough smooth then chill in the fridge for 20 minutes to rest.Step 5:Place the dough onto a floured work surface and roll to about 3mm thickness.Step 6:Cut circles of dough with a cutter, to fit a small tart tin. Prick the base of each one gently with a fork.Step 7:Spoon a teaspoonful of jam into each pastry case. Roll any remaining pastry and cut tiny shapes to place on top of the jam.Step 8:Bake for 20 minutes until golden. Leave to cool on a cooling rack before eating - jam gets very hot!