Strawberry Cream Cheese Crumble Tart (Errr…Pie)

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This recipe caught my eye as soon as I saw it. It has so many things I adore in a dessert, namely cream cheese and a crumbly streusel topping. This summer, I think I’ve eaten some of the best strawberries of my life (I don’t know what is happening, but thank you, farmers), so another strawberry dessert seemed appropriate to make.

I didn’t make any changes to the recipe, other than making it in a pie pan instead of a tart pan (okay, and adding a little more vanilla to the crust). This worked perfectly fine even though it wasn’t quite as pretty.

This recipe is great on many levels. First of all, though it does take some time overall because the dough needs to chill for the pie crust, all of the pieces come together quickly. You can also make everything in advance and just assemble it shortly before eating it (which is what I did). The fact that the cream cheese filling and strawberries are uncooked makes this dessert feel summery and light (even if it is kinda sorta loaded with butter). And the crust tastes like a sugar cookie. Win.

And can we talk about  how you just bake a pan full of streusel? I mean, seriously. Why have I never thought to do this? You really don’t even need an actual dessert when you can just eat streusel (and eat it we did, since my pie pan had a smaller area than a tart pan would, which meant extra crumble topping. Score!)

 

Strawberry Cream Cheese Crumble Tart (Errr…Pie)

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13 thoughts on “Strawberry Cream Cheese Crumble Tart (Errr…Pie)

  1. WOW! This sounds CRAZY YUMMY!!!! I am impressed with the pie crust. I’m all about finding new crusts with great flavor. Did you get much taste from the Almonds in the crust? I guess that might be hard to tell since almonds are also in the crumble.

    1. I did get a little almond flavor from the crust. You can always sub some of the vanilla for almond extract if you want to get more (I do that a lot because I loooove almond extract!)

  2. Between strawberries and cherries I’ve been on a berry kick, that’s for sure! I love the sound of this crumble pie…so refreshing given that you really don’t actually need to cook the filling!

  3. You had me at sugar cookie crust…and strawberries…and cream cheese…and streusel. Oh man, this WILL be the first thing I bake as soon as we’re unpacked!

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