Had lunch with Yeye today. As usual, he bought the girls some wonderful goodies. This time, it was long stem strawberries which are in season now. So red, so delicious, so juicy, so yummy! They were begging to be eaten, right after I get a chance to take a photo of them. It’s been really hot and sunny lately, so I wanted to portray the golden sunlight streaming in from my window.
The next day, I was having the blues. It was the weekend but we were cooped up at home because Daddy was working. Was too tired to cook, but really wanted to get more photos of the strawberries. Thought of making a tart but the thought of making the crust and blind baking beforehand was too time consuming and I was feeling much too lazy for that. Then. voila! I just remembered the failed cookie dough I made a week ago for father’s day. I was going to make cut out cookies with the kids, surfed and found a recipe for the best rolled sugar cookies on allrecipes. I tend to google all my recipes from there because somehow it’s hard to go wrong with thousands of reviews (on 1 recipe) and many of them giving 5 stars right? But this time it failed me. The dough was way too sticky even after leaving it overnight. It was so hard to manage I gave up. Whatever i managed to bake looked out of shape and not worth any pictures. Before I found that out though, I’d already left one third of it in the freezer, thinking that we could make another batch later on. So now I was wondering. Could i use cookie dough to make a tart shell or some kind of pastry crust?
I couldn’t find anything similar on google so what the heck, i just flattened balls of cookie dough (Still sticky!) between two sheets of cling wrap to make circles, laid them in a muffin tin (no greasing/lining required). sprinkled some flour/sugar mix on top (I found some recipe that mentioned that but i don’t really know what i did that), and then added my slices of strawberries and blueberries. Baked in the oven at 180C for 12mins. And this is what i got!
I know. I’m pure genius. Or lazy people have all the luck. 😉
The best part is, it was actually yummy! Sugar cookie crust but soft in the centre, almost like cake, moistened by the fruits. The berries were juicing over the tart and making it juicy and sweet. Take a look inside!
Kids needed second helpings. Hubby couldn’t stop praising (maybe just guilt from being out on a Sat afternoon..heh). But I did like it myself, which is quite a rare thing cuz usually after cooking I don’t feel like tasting anything. But I loved how it looked. and that’s enough for me cuz I get to take pictures of it.