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Sugar-Glazed Prune Tartlets

Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, these little prune tartlets (made with just five ingredients) are so delicious, they'll have everyone at the breakfast table begging for more.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 9 small pastries

Ingredients

Butter for greasing baking sheet
1 frozen puff pastry sheet (from a 17 1/4-oz package), thawed
1 egg white, lightly beaten
27 pitted prunes (sometimes called dried plums; 1/2 lb)
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 425°F. Butter a baking sheet.

    Step 2

    Unfold pastry sheet and cut into 9 (3-inch) squares, then arrange squares on baking sheet. Lightly brush squares with some of egg white. Toss prunes in remaining egg white. Arrange 3 prunes in center of each square, letting excess egg drip off and leaving about a 1/2-inch border around edge. Stir together sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over tartlets.

    Step 3

    Bake until pastry is puffed and golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer tartlets to a rack and cool to warm, about 10 minutes.

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