Tuesdays with Dorie BCM: Cream Cheese and Toast Tartlets
October 8, 2019 at 12:01 am | Posted in BCM, groups, pies & tarts, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 8 CommentsTags: baking, tarts
This recipe for Cream Cheese and Toast Tartlets is one I’d had my eye on for years. It sounded a little wacky to me– a sweet tart crust filled with cream cheese and cubes of cinnamon toast. Wacky but good, so I’m glad its TWD time has finally come.
It’s another one of those component recipes, made from several (easy) parts. The tartlets use Dorie’s Sweet Tart Dough, which we’ve employed so often that half the time I can find a chunk of it hiding in the freezer. The garnish (both inside and outside) is butter-crisped bread cubes tossed in a cocoa-cinnamon-sugar mix. A bit of the toast goes on the bottom the pre-baked tartlet shells and a bit is reserved to top them at the end. The filling is a fluffy cream cheese whipped cream set with a little gelatin. Gelatin is not my favorite ingredient, and if I can leave it out or think of an easy swap, then I do. Commercial cream cheese has a lot of gums and stabilizers that help to thicken up heavy cream without added assistance, so I just decided to skip the gelatin. I only made two tartlets and we were going to eat them the night I made them anyway so I knew the filling wouldn’t have time to break down or weep.
When It came time to garnish my tartlets, I remembered that I happen to be in possession of a Cinnamon Toast Crunch single serve cereal cup that my husband bizarrely brought me home as a “gift.” (Despite the fact that I’ve never eaten or requested the stuff…am I ungrateful?) It’s been in my cupboard for a couple of months and I thought to use some of the cereal as a topper instead of more bread crumbs. Then I tried to get a little too cute and sprinkled on a bunch of chocolate jimmies and pearls. I knew I’d gone overboard, but there was no turning back. I liked the creamy-crunchy combo, and I’m a sucker for little tartlets…these got thumbs up from both of us.
For the recipe, see Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!
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Wacky did turn out to be good! I made these last night and no one could figure out the topping. They thought it was cereal so I thought it was funny you added cereal! I enjoyed the cinnamon flavor! Yours looks beautiful as usual!
Comment by isthisakeeper— October 8, 2019 #
I like the cereal on top – it looks good.
Comment by Cakelaw— October 9, 2019 #
I think your tart looks festive. I am a sucker for tartlets too. I am looking forward to making this one.
Comment by Diane Zwang— October 9, 2019 #
My family said the topping tasted like cinnamon toast crunch cereal – and wondered why I didn’t just use some – and here it is, on top of your cute little tart!
Comment by Zosia— October 9, 2019 #
haha— that’s so funny!
Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— October 9, 2019 #
Looks so good. I brought it to a dinner party and every one loved it.
Comment by Margrèt Jóhanna— October 10, 2019 #
OH I want to put cereal on top now too! I’m so intrigued to make these….
Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— October 15, 2019 #
One things I looked like to say is that the tarts look delicious. And it is so creative of you to add cream cheese since it is different.
Comment by Kristina's way of food— October 22, 2019 #