No…not those kind…this kind!

This rustic tart is my new favorite dessert to make.  It’s soooo easy! All you need is a refrigerated pie crust, cornstarch, sugar, egg, and whatever fruit you have in your fruit bowl (I used strawberries and a nectarine).

Start by laying out the piecrust on a cooking sheet and preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Next, chop up the fruit into bite-sized pieces, and stir with a tablespoon of cornstarch and two tablespoons of sugar.

Pour the fruit mixture into the pie crust and begin folding the pie crust edges around the fruit.

Finish folding until all the pie crust is folded around the edge. Brush with egg and sprinkle with a bit of sugar.

Bake at 425 for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. It should come out like this:

Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream! Enjoy!!!

So usually my idea of a fabulous dessert is something like this:

or this…

But, I recently tried Pioneer Woman’s Apple Brown Betty (recipe here), and it’s now my go-to fast and easy dessert…and boy is it yummy!  I made it tonight because we had company coming over and I wanted something impressive and deliciouso, Oh, and because I had about two minutes to make dessert!  I love it because it consists of apples, sandwich bread, butter, and brown sugar–things I almost always have on hand.

And this is what you end up with (Pioneer Woman’s photo, not mine):

I know, I know, it’s not chocolate, but it is SO good. Try it. Seriously. Now. You could even pretend it’s breakfast!

I served it with a little homemade whipped cream.  If you’re still buying Cool Whip, stop now. Homemade whipped cream is the easiest thing to make EVER….dump whipping cream and a bit of sugar in your Kitchen Aid  mixer with the whisk attachment on high for 60 seconds or so, until it looks like Cool Whip. Your guests will be so impressed!

P.S. If you do make this, close your eyes when you add the butter…then the calories won’t count!