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Strawberry Almond Tart

Lightly sweet graham cracker crust is topped with a cream cheese and sweet fresh strawberries.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Refrigerate 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories/Serving 480 kcal

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 1 package honey graham crackers, about 9 sheets...[$1.50]
  • 3 tbsp white granulated sugar, ...[$0.06]
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted...[$0.38]
  • 3 tbsp water, ...[$0]
  • 1 tbsp shortening, ...[$0.01]

Filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened...[$2.00]
  • ¼ cup white granulated sugar, ...[$0.07]
  • ½ tsp almond extract, ...[$0.26]
  • ½ tbsp half and half, ...[$0.02]

Topping

  • 3 cups fresh strawberries, sliced and divided...[$3.00]
  • ⅓ cup white granulated sugar, ...[$0.10]
  • ½ tbsp cornstarch, ...[$0.01]
  • ½ tbsp lemon juice, ...[$0.02]
  • ¼ cup sliced almonds, ...[$1.50]

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Preheat oven to 350 °F. Pulse graham crackers and sugar in a food processor and process until fine crumbles are reached. Add melted butter and water to crumbs. Mix until mixture is moist.
  • Coat a 9 inch tart pan with a removable bottom piece with shortening. Press the graham cracker crust mixture in and around the greased tart pan. Baked crust for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
  • If the crust falls off the edges, press crust gently up the sides while the crust is still warm. Let crust cool completely.

Filling

  • Whip together softened cream cheese, sugar, extract and half and half. Spread mixture to the bottom of cooled graham cracker crust.

Strawberry Topping

  • Place 1 cup sliced strawberries in a food processor along with sugar and cornstarch. Blend together until smooth. Place in a small pot and bring to a boil and cook until thickened. Take off heat and set aside until mixture cools.
  • Layer the remaining 1 cup of strawberries on top of the cream cheese filling on the tart. Finally spoon cooled strawberry glazed over the top of strawberries as a final part of the tart.
  • Sprinkle sliced almonds around edged of tart. Cover and chill tart for 3-4 hours.

Nutrition

Calories: 480kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 6gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 467mgPotassium: 236mgFiber: 3gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 520IUVitamin C: 32mgCalcium: 87mgIron: 3mg