Strawberry Pretzel Tart

Strawberry Pretzel Tart Recipe by The Wood and Spoon Blog by Kate Wood. A simple, fast recipe that takes less than 30 minutes. A quick brown sugar butter and pretzel pie crust filled with a no bake cream cheese cheesecake type filling and topped with fresh strawberries or berries of your choice. Recipe adapted from Bake from Scratch Magazine. Perfect make ahead dessert idea. Thewoodandspoon.com

Hey friends! I’ve got your weekend entertainment round-up here, complete with a few things to read and a bright and cheery strawberry pretzel tart that is just begging to be made.

This week was a cluster in our house, thanks to sick babies, unfinished to-do lists, and an underwhelming amount of time spent making myself looks presentable (Sorry, Brett. I swear I’ll change out of these sweatpants eventually.) Luckily, a few hours spent snuggling with my sick Aimee girl on the couch (read: trying not to let me brain melt from Lysol fumes and watching back to back episodes of “Paw Patrol”), I reacquainted myself with the interwebs and got caught up on what was going on in the world. For example: apparently Donald Trump is president? What? And someone announced the wrong winner for “Best Picture” at the Oscars? And Ryan Gosling is the world’s most perfect human? (Okay, kidding, guys. I’m not that out of touch.) Here’s a few things that have my eye this week:

50 Things We Learned About Feeding Kids in the Past 6 Years

This little article from Bon Appetit Magazine has so many truths in it. If you’re a parent, you have to give it a read. I promise you’ll identify with something. I’d like to add a few of my own learned lessons to the list:

  1. A tub of baby wipes is a legitimate tableware item.
  2. No one will known that there is Crown Royale in your water if you are drinking it from a Yeti cup.
  3. Squeeze packs counts as vegetable servings.
  4. (More seriously) Find a reason to celebrate at least once a week. Set a date and make a mealtime a party. It’s good for morale.

March Madness

March Madness starts next week! Ok, ok, I know that audience for this blog is primarily women aged 25-34, but it would be entirely sexist to assume that there aren’t at least a few women out there who are beyond excited to watch some basketball. Everyone likes to watch the University of Kentucky win, AMIRITE? Check out this link to get your bracket filled out before the whole shebang starts. And Go Cay-uts.

The Piglet

If basketball doesn’t do it for you, maybe cookbooks are more your thing. We are knee deep in the quarterfinal round of Food52’s tournament of cookbooks! 16 notable publishings from this past year face off in a NCAAstyle tournament to determine the best cookbook of the year! I’ve got my money on “Dorie’s Cookies” to take the whole thing.

La Pitchoune

Brett and I have some traveling coming up. I’m not going to tell you where or when we’re going, because, geez, I don’t really know who could be reading this! Maybe some Charles Manson psychopath character has been following this blog for some time just waiting for me to reveal my actual location. SORRY CHARLIE, NOT TODAY. But for future vacay planning purposes, I’m keeping this idea on the back burner: Julia Child’s summer home in Provence France that is now a vacation rental and cooking school. You sleep where she slept, cook where she cooked, and no, this is not a drill. Amazing, right?

Strawberry Pretzel TartStrawberry Pretzel Tart

If you’re planning to make a few treats this weekend, keep this strawberry pretzel tart in mind. This is a brown sugar and pretzel crusted tart, adapted from my favorite pretzel pie crust. It’s filled with a no-bake cheesecake filling of sorts and topped with sliced strawberries. With less than 30 minutes of active prep time and requiring less than 10 ingredients, this strawberry pretzel tart is a cinch to make and quite the looker. With spring strawberries just around the corner, this is the tart you’ll make from now until the very last taste of summer. Count on it.

I adapted this recipe from one printed in the newest issue of Bake from Scratch. Bake from Scratch is a newer publication, dedicated to baking culture and the recipes, bakeries, and movers and shakers that make our world a little bit sweeter. You may remember that I was featured in a previous issue as one of nine baking bloggers to follow in 2017 (!!!), and while I am incredibly honored to have been featured, I’m really just thrilled to have a seat at the table. Getting to bake and write and interact with all of you is more fun than all of the basketball games, cookbooks, Provencial summer homes that the world has to offer.

Keep this strawberry pretzel tart on your list of weekend plans and save a slice for me! Let me know if you’re reading or doing anything extra fun this weekend and take a peek at the links I shared with you! Happy weekend and cheers to you!

Strawberry Pretzel Tart

Strawberry Pretzel Tart

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Strawberry Pretzel Tart

This strawberry pretzel tart has a sweet and salty pretzel crust, a no-bake cheesecake filling, and is topped with fresh strawberries.

  • Author: Kate Wood
  • Prep Time: 30
  • Total Time: 30
  • Category: Dessert

Ingredients

For the pretzel crust

  • 5 ounces (ends up being about 11/2 cups of crumbs) of pretzels
  • 1/4 cup (55 gm) brown sugar
  • Heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup /1 stick (115 gm) of unsalted butter, melted

For the cheesecake filling

  • 18 ounce block (225 gm) of cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 3/4 cup (150 gm) sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup (240 mL) heavy whipping cream
  • 1 lb (450 gm) of strawberries, hulled and sliced

Instructions

To prepare the crust

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a food processor, whiz the pretzels, brown sugar, and salt until the pretzels are crumbs. Add the melted butter and pulse to combine. Alternatively, you can crush the pretzel and stir the other ingredients in to combine.
  3. Pat out the crumbs into the bottom and sides of a 10″ tart pan. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until set. Allow to cool completely before using.

To prepare the cheesecake filling

  1. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla on medium speed in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth and without lumps. Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.
  2. In a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream using a whisk or whisk attachment of a stand mixer until stiff peaks form. Fold half of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture. Once fairly integrated, add the remaining whipped cream and continue to fold until uniform. Take care not to overwork the mixture as this can cause it to lose its fluffiness. Spread the mixture out into the bottom of the cooled tart crust. Allow to chill in the fridge until ready to serve. Once ready to eat, arrange the sliced berries to decorate the top of the tart. Serve chilled.

Notes

  • Pretzel crust is best eaten within two days of preparation. It maintains its delicious flavor for several days but the crust can become soggy.

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Adapted from: Bake From Scratch

20 thoughts on “Strawberry Pretzel Tart”

  1. This was over the top spectacular! Creamy, a little salty, fresh strawberries. We absolutely loved it. Thank you Kate for the recipe. We will make this over and over. I just received your book Her Daily Bread. So wonderful. I was so pleasantly surprised at your wonderful insight and encouragement. I was expecting a cook book and got so much more! Thank you for your beautiful words (and recipes). Happy Memorial Day!

    xo Jacquelyn

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  3. This was great! So pretty!! The filling is to die for. I really wanted a strawberry pretzel dessert without Jello and I came across this little gem. Gave me a more then good reason to use my tart pan. The only thing I added was my own homemade strawberry/mandarin sauce! Will make this again. Thanks for the recipe!!!

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  5. Lauren Ziegler

    Kate! I made this recipe over the weekend for a dinner and everyone LOVED it! Quick question – any advice for getting the pretzel crust to stick to the sides of the pan? Maybe my mixture was too dry, or my pan was weird, but I had trouble getting the crust to stay up. Absolutely didn’t change the amazing flavors or the overall look, I’m just a massive struggle bus in the kitchen 🙂

    Thanks!

    1. Hooray! So glad you loved.

      Ok, I hear you on getting it to stick. I have trouble getting crusts to stick to the sides of some of my pans too! I find that if your mixture is too dry you can always add a tablespoon extra butter to it. Using barely damp fingers to press it in helps too. And just try using another pan too! For example, my gold metal pan works really well for press in crusts, but my dark grey one has a harder time. I think sometimes that makes a difference. I hope that helps. Shoot me a message next time you’re making it if you need right then help! 🙂

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  7. Bailey and I bought the newest issue of bake from scratch this weekend…and this one was the first recipe she picked that she wants to make this week. Can’t wait to try.

    1. Ohhh, I can’t wait to hear how she likes this! This variation is slightly different, but has that recipe in mind. Can’t wait to hear about it!

  8. I am so intrigued by this beautiful tart! Since moving to western Pennsylvania, I’ve been introduced to strawberry pretzel “salad”, and I have to admit I’m bit dumbfounded by the recipe. Strawberries, pretzels, and Cool Whip? This looks like a much more sophisticated and tasty version of the strawberry and pretzel combo! I’ll definitely be giving this recipe a try!

    xx Allison
    alwayseatdessert.com

    1. So truthfully, I LOVE strawberry pretzel salad. I do not like any other congealed salad under the sun, but strawberry pretzel salad I love. You’re right- this is like that, just a bit more sophisticated. I’m glad someone else caught on to that! I hope you enjoy!

      1. Maybe I’m the crazy one, because my husband, my in-laws, and seemingly everyone else here in Pittsburgh absolutely love strawberry pretzel salad! Oh well. But whether your like the salad version or not, this gorgeous tart is definitely a winner!

        xx Allison
        alwayseatdessert.com

        1. It is the one congealed salad I actually really like… otherwise I’m usually not a fan. But given enough pretzels and cream cheese, almost anything could be good, right?

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