Berry Tarts

These Berry Tarts are a super easy and tasty dessert that seems elegant, are a delicious and impressive dessert to serve at your next dinner party! A crowd pleaser and a perfect summer treat.

I’m super in love with these Berry Tarts, let me just start out with that. They are such an easy dessert to make with just a few ingredients that you can put together in a rush.

We love making these all summer long, especially when we have guests over and/or we love making them for breakfast or brunch because all the flavors are absolutely wonderful together.

You have berries, a lemon cream cheese mixture, crescent rolls, and powdered sugar. You really can’t go wrong with that combination in my opinion.

I have made many tarts over the years with various flavors but these by far are some of my absolute favorite ones. The mixture of berries and the cream cheese just burst with flavor in your mouth.

Some of our other favorite berry desserts that we have on our site include Berry Pavlova, Lemon Berry Sweet Rolls and this Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake!

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• With easily accessible ingredients they are quick to whip together.
• You can switch up the berries to your liking.
• You can easily double this recipe to serve more people.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):

Crescent roll dough sheet
Egg
Water
Decorators sugar
Cream cheese
Powdered sugar
Lemon zest
Lemon juice
Vanilla extract
Strawberries
Blueberries
Raspberries
Powdered sugar

HOW TO MAKE BERRY TARTS:

1. Preheat the oven 375°F. Lightly grease a sheet tray with cooking spray, set aside. Unroll the crescent roll dough on a clean work surface. Cut the dough into 4 even rectangles. Go around the edges of each piece of dough, rolling them toward the center, making a ½ inch border of dough, twirl the ends. 
2. Mix together the beaten egg and water in a small bowl. Brush a small amount of the egg wash on the outer edges of the dough with a pastry brush. Sprinkle the decorator’s sugar on top of the dough where you have egg washed. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden brown. Once the dough is done baking, transfer the tart shells to a wire rack to cool.
3. While the dough is cooling, whip the cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Add in the powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla.
4. Mix until combined and smooth.
5. Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture over the four tarts making sure to keep the edges of the tart shells exposed.
6. Top with fresh berries. Serve immediately with a sprinkling of powdered sugar on top and garnish with mint sprigs, optional.

WHAT KIND OF BERRIES SHOULD I USE?

You can use any of your favorite berries for this recipe. We use a mixture of blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Blackberries would also be good on this and you can also just use one type of berry if you’d like.

CAN I USE PUFF PASTRY?

Puff pastry can be used for these Berry Tarts if you prefer, just follow the same method as I did for these, the baking time of the puff pastry will vary a little bit more and they will rise more.

But if you prefer the texture of puff pastry over the crescent dough then by all means use it! There is no right or wrong to this recipe as long as you get a nice base to hold your filling and your berries.

HOW TO STORE:

These are best eaten right when they are made as if they are stored with the filling the crust will get soggy and with fruit on top it might soften for stored for any longer than a few hours.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

• Crescent roll dough sheets are perfect for this as you don’t have to worry about crimping any perforations, you can use regular crescent rolls if you can not find the dough sheets.
• Use any of your favorite berries for this, mix it up, or use all one type of fruit.
• You can use puff pastry, but follow the cooking times for how long they need to bake.
• This is great topped with powdered sugar, but this is completely optional.
• Make sure your crusts are completely cooled before filling them otherwise it will melt.
• The egg wash is necessary to get a nice golden brown on the edges.

If you are looking for a delicious, beautiful, and fun recipe to make for breakfast, brunch, or dessert you have to make a batch of my Berry Tarts!

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Raspberry Dessert Cups
• Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed French Toast
• Tropical Cheesecake Salad

If you’ve tried these BERRY TARTS let me know in the comments how it turned out! You can follow me over on PINTEREST, INSTAGRAM OR FACEBOOK to find some more of our mouthwatering recipes!

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Berry Tarts

5 from 1 vote

Course Dessert

Servings 4 servings

These Berry Tarts are a super easy and tasty dessert that seem elegant are delicious and an impressive dessert to serve at your next dinner party! A crowd pleaser and a perfect summer treat.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 can crescent roll dough sheet
• ▢ 1 large egg lightly beaten
• ▢ Splash of water
• ▢ 1 tablespoon decorators sugar
• ▢ 4 oz cream cheese softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ Zest of 1 lemon
• ▢ 2 tsp lemon juice fresh squeezed
• ▢ 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ 1 cup small-diced strawberries
• ▢ 1 cup blueberries
• ▢ 1 cup raspberries
• ▢ Powdered sugar and mint sprigs for garnish

Instructions

• Preheat the oven 375°F. Lightly grease a sheet tray with cooking spray, set aside.
• Unroll the crescent roll dough on a clean work surface. Cut the dough into 4 even rectangles.
• Go around the edges of each piece of dough, rolling them toward the center, making a ½ inch border of dough, twirl the ends.
• Mix together the beaten egg and water in a small bowl. Brush a small amount of the egg wash on the outer edges of the dough with a pastry brush. Sprinkle the decorator’s sugar on top of the dough where you have egg washed. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly golden brown. Once the dough is done baking, transfer the tart shells to a wire rack to cool.
• While the dough is cooling, whip the cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Add in the powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla. Mix until combined and smooth.
• Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture over the four tarts making sure to keep the edges of the tart shells exposed.
• Top with the fresh berries. Serve immediately with a sprinkling of powdered sugar on top and garnish with mint sprigs, optional.

Notes

1. Crescent roll dough sheets are perfect for this as you do't have to worry about crimping any perforations, you can use regular crescent rolls if you can not find the dough sheets.
2. Use any of your favorite berries for this, mix it up or use all one type of fruit.
3. You can use puff pastry, but follow the cooking times for how long they need to bake.
4. This is great topped with powdered sugar, but this is completely optional.
5. Make sure your crusts are completely cooled before filling them otherwise it will melt.
6. The egg wash is necessary to get a nice golden brown on the edges.

Nutrition

Calories: 431kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 553mg | Potassium: 186mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 474IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg

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