Small nut-filled tarts, garnished with Sweetened Whipped Cream, will complete your glorious afternoon on the green on a sweet (and slightly salty) note.
Georgia Peanut Tartlets
Serves: 10
Ingredients
- 1½ (14.1-ounce) packages refrigerated piecrust dough (3 sheets)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ⅔ cup packed light or dark brown sugar
- ⅓ cup honey
- ½ teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups salted peanuts
- Sweetened Whipped Cream (recipe follows)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- • On a lightly floured surface, working with a sheet at a time, unroll piecrust dough. Using a 4-inch round cutter, cut 10 rounds from dough. Carefully press each dough round into 10 (3¾-inch) fluted tartlet pans, trimming excess dough. Using the large end of a chopstick, gently press dough into indentations in sides of tartlet pans. Refrigerate until ready to fill.
- • In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until it smells nutty and brown bits form at the bottom of the pot. Whisk in sugar and honey; cook at a simmer, whisking constantly, for 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a large heatproof bowl, being sure to scrape out all the browned bits from the pot. Refrigerate until cooled. Whisk in apple cider vinegar, vanilla extract, and eggs, one at a time, until well blended. Stir in peanuts. Divide filling evenly among prepared tartlet shells.
- • Bake until tartlets are golden brown all over and filling is puffed, approximately 17 minutes. Remove from oven, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Gently remove tartlets from pans. Store in an airtight container and serve within 3 days. Serve warm or at room temperature.
- • Just before serving, place Sweetened Whipped Cream in a piping bag fitted with a closed star tip (Ateco #840). Pipe a dollop of cream onto each tartlet.
Sweetened Whipped Cream
It only takes three ingredients to create this delightful topping for our Georgia Peanut Tartlets.
Ingredients
- ½ cup cold heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- • In a medium bowl*, beat together cream, sugar, and vanilla extract with a mixer at high speed just until stiff peaks form. Use immediately.
- *Use a chilled bowl and beaters.
