Patriotic Cookie Tarts

Welcome to my Red Couch!  So glad you dropped by and so glad the fresh fruit season is finally here.  I was craving some blueberries, the first of the season, and came up with making individual cookie tarts.  The fruit was fun to cookie craft with and tasted delish!

I made the sugar cookie recipe here, via Sue at Munchkin Munchies; they are my favorite sugar cookie recipe.  If you are in a pinch, you could use refrigerated dough; but these are super easy to make; they are a no chill, no fuss sugar cookie recipe.  Cut cookies out in the desired size.  Frost generously with Cream Cheese Frosting; this really is a good frosting; some recipes don't add the whipping cream and the frosting ends up tasting too cheesy.

Cream Cheese Frosting

1 box of softened cream cheese (8 ounces)

1 half-pint container of whipping cream, whipped into soft peaks

1 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon almond flavoring -- you could substitute fresh lemon and adjust amount

Mix gently the softened cream cheese with whipping cream, powdered sugar, and almond flavoring.  Chill frosting for about 1/2 hour.   Then frost each cookie generously and decorate with blueberries and strawberries.  I think raspberries would taste good also; they still are a bit dear right now in our area.

Note:  The Cream Cheese Frosting recipe makes quite a bit.  If you do end up having more frosting than cookies, save it to dip strawberries in.

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