PEAR TARTS RECIPE

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Chow down on this easy-to-make Pear Tarts Recipe. Pears tossed with brown sugar, cinnamon and PLANTERS Nuts make this Pear Tarts Recipe a winner.

Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 1h55m

Yield 8 servings, 1/4 tart each

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. flour, divided
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, divided
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
3 pears (1-1/4 lb.), peeled, thinly sliced
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. chopped pecans

Steps:

Heat oven to 400ºF.
Place 1 cup flour in large bowl. Cut half the cream cheese into cubes. Add to flour along with the butter; cut with pastry blender of 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Shape dough into 2 balls; flatten each into disk. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 1 hour.
Place 1 disk of dough between 2 lightly floured sheets of waxed paper; roll into 7-inch round. Discard top sheet of waxed paper. Invert dough onto one end of large baking sheet. Discard second sheet of waxed paper. Repeat with remaining dough, inverting onto opposite end of baking sheet.
Spread half of the remaining cream cheese into 4-inch circle on center of each dough round.
Toss pears with sugar, cinnamon, nuts and remaining flour; spoon over cream cheese. Fold edges of crusts over pears. (Center of tarts will remaining uncovered.)
Bake 20 min. or until pears are softened and crusts are golden brown, covering loosely with foil the last 5 min. Cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 60 mg, Sodium 190 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 4 g