Raspberry Cream Tart: Sweet Treat Recipe from Sweet Basil

This pretty (and easy) dessert has a crust made of refrigerated sugar cookie dough. Fresh raspberries are a must for this dessert, find a farmer or farmer's market for the freshest, sweetest naturally grown fruit.

• Makes: 8 servings
• Prep 20 mins
• Bake 35 mins
• Cool 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 16 1/2 - ounce roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
• 2 3 - ounce packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups fresh red raspberries, blueberries and/or blackberries
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• Powdered sugar

 

Directions

1. Press cookie dough slices into bottom and fluted sides of a greased 11-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Do not prick. (Or, press onto bottom of greased 12-inch pizza pan.) Bake in a 350 degrees oven 20 minutes or until light brown. Remove from oven; set aside.
2. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium-high speed for 30 seconds. Add 1/4 cup sugar, the egg, lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla. Beat until combined. Pour cheese mixture over warm crust and spread evenly.
3. Arrange the raspberries in a single layer on top of cheese mixture. Sprinkle raspberries with 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes more or until or until cheese mixture is set. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool for 30 minutes before serving.
4. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Enjoy!

We are Sweet Basil Farm & Gardens on Facebook. We are a local producer of farm fresh fruits and vegetables and members of the American Poultry Association, licensed by the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture as Poultry Dealers and Brokers, and a proud member of the Georgia Grown program, a division of the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture. We also breed, sell and ship poultry, pet pigs, bearded irises and much more. We have an 80 acre working farm, with great emphasis on all natural gardening and livestock management practices. An 1840s general store is situated on our property, and serves as our on-site farmer’s market. Conveniently located off of Interstate 75 near the Johnstonville Rd exit (#193).  We are six miles west, located in Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia.

Special thanks to contributions from J. David Matthews, of Barnesville, Georgia in preparation of this article. Photo credits to fennel and fern.co.uk, photographed Iris garden designed by Jinny Blom.