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Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts For Valentine’s Day: Baking up a few batches of jam tarts with either raspberry or strawberry jam and a light dusting of icing sugar. Make them in the shapes of cookies or tarts.
What Are Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts?
This Queen of Hearts jam tarts recipe boasts a beautiful buttery pastry filled with either raspberry or strawberry jam, followed by a light dusting of icing sugar.
You can make them into a heart-shaped jam tart resembling a cookie or as a tart, as you will see below.
If you’ve ever wanted to create your jam tarts, I will show you how easily I can make my recipe and how you can do the same in your kitchen.
Most couples are scrambling at the last minute to get a Valentine’s Day card and treat.
However, with some planning, you can make these Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts for Valentine’s Day.
Your loved one will love you even more if that is even possible.
Valentine’s Day Gourmet Basket Recipe Ideas
Other simple Valentine’s Day recipes for them that you can make and add to a Valentine’s Day Gourmet Basket, Bake Sale, or for guests.
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls
- Cherry Cheesecake
- Blueberry Cheesecake
- 5-minute Hazelnut Chocolate Fudge
- Cherry Pie Minis
- Coconut Custard Tarts
- Cinnamon Buns
- Cherry Pie Bars
- Date Squares
Easy Pastry for Jam Tarts
To keep the jam tarts recipe simple, I thought it would be a great idea to use my go-to pastry but with the addition of heart shapes, jam, and icing sugar.
You may remember my popular Mincemeat Pie recipe, so we will use that recipe to make pastry for the jam tarts.
I had no heart-shaped cookie cutter for this jam tart recipe, so I had to free-hand the heart shape.
If you have a heart cookie cutter, it will be much easier, and you can pick them up at the Bulk Barn for about $0.79 each.
Forget Convenience For Valentine’s Day
Store-bought Valentine’s Day heart-shaped Jam tarts and cookies may be flying off the shelves at the grocery store for convenience but will never taste as good as your house will smell once these jam tarts go in the oven.
People are put off making pastry, but don’t be; it’s simple, and you can change it up to create other recipes like I’m doing today.
Every brilliant baker has a few recipes they can use repeatedly to create different recipes. This is one of them.
If you want to bring some pretty fantastic jam tarts to work for Valentine’s Day, these are the tarts you’ll want to make or enjoy by yourself.
The jam tarts are fairly simple and won’t send your budget into overdrive as some homemade pastries will.
Making homemade jam would be perfect for this recipe and cut costs even further.
Baking Tips For Valentine Jam Tarts
How long does it take to bake jam tarts?
It takes about 3that 0 minutes from start to finish to make these Jam tarts for Valentine’s Day.
I love a challenge and thought butter was a bit expensive.
Let’s try margarine instead and see how it turns out.
A big mistake I made was thinking a recipe substitution would work just to cut back on the costs.
It was a disaster; not only did it turn into a ball of dough straight away without a few critical ingredients added, but
Also, it wouldn’t even stay together when I cut it and tried to make the tarts.
We learn from our mistakes, which is how a pastry chef knows to become an expert.
Fear not, though, as the dough did not go to waste (I wouldn’t say I like food waste).
I removed one of my newer cookie trays with a higher ridge around it, molded the dough into it, and then spread the jam onto it.
It turned out great, and I added heart-shaped dough on top before baking and ended with Valentine’s sprinkles.
Tip: Don’t attempt to use margarine in this recipe, or it will be a colossal disappointment and extra time if you have to make another batch.
How To Make Queen Of Hearts Jam Tarts
Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts for Valentine’s Day
- Recipe Type: Dessert
- Cuisine: Dessert
- Author: Mr.CBB
- Prep time: 15 mins
- Cook time: 15 mins
- Total time: 30 mins
- Serves: 12
If you are looking for a homemade dessert to bring to work for Valentine’s Day or a potluck, this is your go-to recipe because it’s simple and should work with any budget.
Ingredients
- 8oz flour
- 6oz butter
- 3oz caster sugar
- One egg
- 1/2 cup water (you need to add a little at a time, not the whole thing, to make it a soft dough)
- 1 small jar of your favorite jam or homemade jam
- 1/3 cup icing sugar
Instructions To Make Jam Tarts
- Mix the flour and butter until it resembles bread crumbs.
- Then add the sugar and mix well.
- Add the egg and a little water and mix. You are best to add a little water until the dough comes together.
- Put plenty of flour on your surface before rolling it out. It needs to be thin but not too thick. Slightly thicker than a quarter.
- Cut into your desired shape. If you use them as a tart shell, grease your muffin pan and gently slide a large cut-out circle into it.
- Then, place a teaspoon of the jam into the tart shell.
- If you are doing the heart shapes, cut out two large hearts, and in one, do a smaller one.
- Place the one without the other heart on a baking tray with parchment paper, then spread a little of the jam and put the other one on top. Fill in the little heart with jam.
- Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes (depending on your oven)
Let cool as the jam will be hot.
When cooled, sprinkle it with icing sugar to decorate or leave it plain.
Queen Of Hearts Jam Tarts
Beautiful heart-shaped tarts willed with a homemade jam and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar.
Ingredients
- 8oz flour
- 6oz butter
- 3oz caster sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup water (you just need to add a little at a time not the whole thing to make it a soft dough)
- 1 small jar of your favourite jam
- 1/3 cup icing sugar
Instructions
- Mix the flour and butter until it resembles bread crumbs.
- Then add the sugar and mix well.
- Add the egg and a little water and mix. You should add a little water until the dough comes together.
- Put plenty of flour on your surface before rolling it out. It needs to be thin but not too thick. Slightly thicker than a quarter.
- Cut into your desired shape. If you use them as a tart shell, grease your muffin pan and gently slide a large cut-out circle into it.
- Then, place a teaspoon of the jam into the tart shell.
- If you are doing the heart shapes, cut out two large hearts, and in one, do a smaller one.
- Place the one without the other heart on a baking tray with parchment paper, spread a little of the jam, and put the other one on top. Fill in the little heart with jam.
- Please in the oven for 15-20 minutes (depending on your oven)
- Let cool as the jam will be hot.
- When cooled, sprinkle with icing sugar to decorate or leave it plain.
Whether you make these jam tarts for Valentine’s Day, or just to say, “I Love You,” the recipient is filled with love knowing that someone cared to bake homemade treats for them.
-Nicky
Who’s recipe is this…Mr. CBB or Nicola Don?
Oops.. that’s my fault I forgot to change the author. I’ve done that now to reflect that it’s the lovely Nicola’s recipe. 🙂 Thanks D
Lol!
Oh. Queen of Hearts Jam Tarts look so delicious and so perfect for Valentine’s Day. I’d love to cook for the special day. Thanks Nicola.