KITK: Trying Heart tarts
March 15th, 2010 -- Posted in KidsInTheKitchen | Comments OffI’ve been trying to do baking with the kids as a new “just for us” special activity these days. It fills the void somewhat since there are so many things that I can no longer do with them due to my severe chronic pain, and fills the time as well! It suits our schedule and my limitations very well: we can spend a half hour in the kitchen then have a rest while our creation is baking. The results are enjoyable but also practical; they can often be popped into the kids’ lunch bags for a special snack at school.
As we continue to bake together, I’ll share our results and recipes sources here. I’ve started a new category for these posts: “Kids in the Kitchen”, and I’ll also go back and add the category tag to a couple previous posts about baking with kids, like when we experimented with the Strawberry Roll Cake recipe! Looks like I’ll also have to go back and fix some picture links as well…
So one recipe we tried recently (around Valentine’s Day) was the raspberry-pear heart tarts in the February edition of Martha Stewart Living magazine. They turned out much messier than pictured, but were still very delicious…
before going in the oven
the kids enjoy their treat creations
My overall rating of the recipe was that it was pretty yummy but kind of difficult. Which I kind of expected given the source, but even though they were as hard to make as expected, they weren’t as “deliciously worth it” as expected.
Stay tuned for the results of our next baking adventure… I only wish that I could somehow pass along free samples! 
Keep an eye out for the category tag Kids in the Kitchen and please pass along any good recipes you recommend!
