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Total:: 24 min
Prep:: 10 min
Cook:: 14 min

Yield:: 4 dozen

Ingredients

Powdered sugar
1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Orchard's Finest® Michigan Red Tart Cherry Preserves
2 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1 tsp. salt
1 cup Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, chilled and sliced
1 cup small curd cottage cheese
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour and salt in a medium bowl. Cut shortening into flour mixture with pastry blender. Cut in cottage cheese and vanilla until a firm dough is formed.

SPRINKLE counter with powdered sugar. Roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch squares. Fill with 1/2 teaspoon preserves. Overlap opposite corners; seal tightly. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

BAKE 14 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely. Arrange on serving platter; sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

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Name: Cottage Cherry Tarts
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H14M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H24M0.000S
Yield: 4 dozen
Ingredients: Powdered sugar; 1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Orchard's Finest® Michigan Red Tart Cherry Preserves; 2 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour; 1 tsp. salt; 1 cup Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, chilled and sliced; 1 cup small curd cottage cheese; 1 tsp. vanilla extract