I was rummaging around my freezer (truth be told in search of some ice cream) and found some leftover Cranberry Sauce from Thanksgiving. What to do with cranberry sauce? I thought back on the post I had written about Thanksgiving Leftover Ideas, and then I thought about a post for Nantucket Cranberry Pie that Chelsea from This Grand Adventure blog had posted (her blog is awesome, you should definitely go check it out) and my mind was made up, I’d make little Cranberry Tartlets!

I’ve had a Nantucket Cranberry Pie before so I’ve always known that I wanted to make it one day, and with the cranberry sauce…yum, the result was fantastic!

Yield: 4-8

Cranberry Tartlets

Name: Cranberry Tartlets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4-8
Ingredients: 2 Cups Cranberry Sauce (or make cranberry sauce using 2 cups cranberries, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water-bring ingredients to a boil and reduce to low for 20 minutes, let cool and set); 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 2 large eggs; 1 stick of butter, melted in the microwave; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup Flour; 1/2 teaspon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon almond extract; coarse white sparkling sugar, for topping

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

2 Cups Cranberry Sauce (or make cranberry sauce using 2 cups cranberries, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water-bring ingredients to a boil and reduce to low for 20 minutes, let cool and set)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 large eggs
1 stick of butter, melted in the microwave
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup Flour
1/2 teaspon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
coarse white sparkling sugar, for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Using four small tart cups (mine were 4 inch diameter paper baking tart liners found at Bed Bath and Beyond) place 1/4 of the cranberry sauce at the bottom of each, then sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the cranberry sauce. In a bowl mix together the eggs, melted butter, sugar, flour salt, vanilla and almond extracts. Using a spoon distribute batter (which will be very thick) among the four tart cups. Sprinkle a little coarse sugar on top of each tart cup.

Bake the tartlets for 45 minutes (I put mine on a cookie sheet before putting it into the oven in case of spills), until a toothpick comes out clean.

Remove from oven and serve warm or with ice cream (what I was originally looking for in the freezer when I came across the frozen cranberry sauce haha).

Serves 4-8 depending on if you’ll share your tartlet!

This recipe is adapted from the NPR recipe found here.