Strawberry Tartlettes

Total Time: 6 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 6 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 ounces unsalted butter (or vegan margarine for baking like earth balance buttery sticks)
• 2 1/4 ounces organic coconut oil
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons sucanat or 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 3 (1 g) packets vanilla-flavoured stevia (or 2 more tbsp sugar)
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 3 ounces fresh strawberries, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup tart cherry juice
• 1 (1 g) packet vanilla-flavoured stevia
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chia seeds (or salba if you prefer)

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, cream together butter, coconut oil, salt, sucanat and stevia until light.
• 2 add vanilla and beat in, then beat in the flour until a stiff dough forms.
• 3 wrap in plastic and refrigerate 4-24 hours.
• 4 for filling:.
• 5 puree the strawberries with cherry juice and stevia.
• 6 add the chia seeds and pulse inches
• 7 pour into a bowl, cover and chill 1 hour.
• 8 assembly / baking:.
• 9 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 10 break dough into small pieces and, using your fingers, pat into the bottom and up the sides of a mini-muffin tin to form a "shell".
• 11 spoon a tsp of strawberry filling into each shell.
• 12 bake for 30 minutes.
• 13 cool completely in the tin before carefully unmoulding.