Mini Blueberry Heart Tarts plus a Giveaway

These sweet Mini Blueberry Heart Tarts will take you less than 30 minutes to create for your sweethearts this Valentine's Day and only require a few ingredients. Don't ya just love that?

I love when I can create a dessert that looks festive, tastes great, and requires very little effort. 

The idea for this recipe came about the day I opened a box sent to me by Lucky Leaf which included a few cans of their pie filling, a muffin tin, cupcake wrappers, and some recipes. One of the recipes was for Baby Blueberry Pies topped with a lattice crust. They looked so cute and would be a great dessert for any day, but I wanted to transform the pies into a Valentines Day edible craft, which was so easy. 

Using store bought pie dough and Lucky Leaf Blueberry Pie Filling, these little tarts took minutes to make. While the tarts were baking, I cut hearts from the scraps of dough, topped them with sparkly colored sugar then baked them separately. Once baked I topped the tarts with the hearts and they were ready to serve.

Just a note: I tried baking the hearts directly on the tarts and by the time the bottom crusts were browned, the heart had not baked through, so I don't recommend doing it that way.

Mini Blueberry Heart Tarts (makes 9)

Ingredients:

flour to dust cutting board

1 refrigerated pie dough, thawed according to package instructions

1 can Lucky Leaf Blueberry Pie Filling (you'll use 9 tablespoons)

colored crystal sugar

milk or egg white (about a teaspoon)

Supplies:

cutting board

1- 3 inch round cookie cutter

2 - 6 cavity muffin tins or 1 - 12 cavity muffin tin

1 small heart shaped cookie cutter

rolling pin

pastry brush

Instructions:

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahreneit. 

Dust your cutting board lightly with flour. Un-roll your pie dough on the cutting board. Roll out dough slightly. Cut out 9 circles using a round cookie cutter. Press the rounds into the cavities of your muffin tins. Spoon a tablespoon of the Lucky Leaf Blueberry Pie filling into each crust. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the crust is golden brown. 

Cut 9 hearts out of the remaining pie dough, re-rolling as needed. Brush tops of the hearts with milk. Sprinkle colored sugar over top. Set on a baking sheet and bake for 6-8 minutes until golden brown around the edges. 

Remove the mini blueberry pies from the muffin tin and top each pie with a heart. Serve the pies hot or cold. 

To see other recipes from Lucky Leaf, be sure to visit their recipe page and don't forget to scroll down and leave a comment to enter to win your own prize pack from Lucky Leaf.

Giveaway

Prize Pack Includes:

Lucky Leaf Pie Filling

A Recipe Card

Muffin/Cupcake Wrappers and picks

Bakery Bag with a Muffin/Cupcake Divider

Mandatory Entry: 

Leave a comment below. That's it. It's that simple. 

Tell me your favorite pie flavor. Mine is cherry, no, apple, no cherry. Oh, I can't decide!

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Rules: Giveaway begins 2/4/2013 and runs through 2/10/13. If you have trouble leaving a comment, you can send your entry to beth@hungryhappenings.com and I will add your comment. Winner to be drawn at random from all valid entries. Entrants must reside in the United States and be over 18 years of age. (I'm so sorry to all of my world wide readers. Hosting an international contest has become too difficult due to all of the laws around the world.) Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary. Odds of winning are based on the total number of valid entries (maximum of one entry per person.) Winner will be notified and have 72 hours to respond. If the winner doesn't respond in that time frame, another winner will be chosen. This contest is in no way sponsored by Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest, but it is sponsored by Lucky Leaf. I did receive free products from Lucky Leaf, but all opinions expressed here are mine. 

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