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SUMMER FRUIT TART
Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Amount: 10 servings
INGREDIENTS:

• (16 oz) Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough or your favorite, room temperature
• 6 (or more depending on size) of your choice of fruit thinly sliced, such as peaches, kiwi, strawberries, nectarine, apricot
• 1 cup Essential Everyday White Baking Chips
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ¼ (8 ounce) Cream Cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup Apricot Preserves (or your favorite preserves) for the glaze
• fresh mint leaves, for garnish if desired

DIRECTIONS:

1. Press cookie dough into and up sides of a 10-inch tart pan.
2. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
3. Remove from oven and gently press down cookie dough with back of a spoon along bottom of pan only; cool completely.
4. In medium microwaveable bowl, combine baking chips and milk; microwave (HIGH) in 30 second intervals, stirring each time, until chips are melted (about 1 minute).
5. Add cream cheese; using an electric mixer, mix on medium until well combined and fluffy.
6. Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled cookie crust. Top with fruit slices in desired pattern.
7. Place preserves in a small microwaveable bowl. Microwave (HIGH) 30 seconds.
8. Brush preserve over all fruit.
9. Garnish with mint leaves, if desired.