Mini Apple Tarts with Cabot Cracker Cuts
Ingredients
Filling ingredients:
  • 1 Granny SmithGala or apple of your choice, quartered and sliced
  • 1can of your favorite Citizen Cider
  • 1tablespoon of Cabot Salted Butteror Unsalted Butter
  • 4 Cabot Cracker Cut slicesSeriously Sharp or Extra Sharp
  • Vermont Maple syrupto taste
Crust ingredients: (Or use store-bought pie crust)
  • 1½ to 1¾ sticks Cabot Salted Butteror Unsalted Butter, cold
  • 3cups King Arthur Flour
  • 1tablespoon sugar
  • ¼ to ½cup ice cold water
Instructions
  1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F.
  2. COMBINE butter, flour and sugar together in food processor. Pulse until chunks of butter are approximately pea sized.
  3. SLOWLY add the ice cold water until it forms into a dough. Remove dough from the processor, lightly flour and form into ball. Cut the ball in half and roll out dough to ¼ thickness. Cut the dough a little larger than the *tart pans you are using and gently line the pans with the dough.
  4. BAKE in the oven for 10 to 15 or until crusts are light golden brown.
  5. MELT the Cabot butter over medium heat in a cast iron skillet or sauté pan until melted and bubbling. Add sliced apples and sauté for a few minutes or until they just start to soften. Add a couple splashes of the Citizen Cider and sauté for another few seconds. Turn off heat and drizzle maple syrup over the apples and stir.
  6. PLACE the cooked apple mixture into the prepared mini tart crusts and top each with a cracker cut slice.
  7. BAKE in the oven for a minute or two or until the cheese is nice and melted. Remove from the oven and enjoy!