Brownie tarts with Cream Cheese filling

Mica made brownie tarts with cream cheese filling and fresh blueberries for a family home evening treat last night for her singles ward.  They watched the movie The Sandlot.  We got the tart pans from my Aunt Lorraine (Thank you!) and we've used them on a few occasions.  We used a regular brownie mix and it made about 28-30 brownie tarts.  We greased the tart pans with shortening and flour and they came out fairly easily.  Make the cake like brownies as directed on the package and bake for about 14-16 minutes or until edges are set.  Immediately make a small indentation in center of each brownie after removing from the oven (we used a small measuring cup to make the indentation) and let cool 15 minutes or so before removing them from the tart pan to cool completely.

The cream cheese filling recipe is as follows:  2 oz. white chocolate melted with 2 tbsp. milk in microwave, stirring until smooth.  Soften 8 oz. of cream cheese and beat with 1/4 cup powdered sugar.  Stir in chocolate mixture to cream cheese mixture and then gently fold in 1- 2 cups of thawed frozen whipped topping (like cool whip).  Spoon or pipe final mixture into cooled brownie tarts and top with fresh berries.  Keep refrigerated.  Thanks to Pampered Chef for the original recipe: https://www.pamperedchef.com/recipe/Desserts/American/Tuxedo+Brownie+Cups/22995

Express Lessons for Family Home Evening

Do you often run out of time?!? Does it seem like you can't manage to organize Family Home Evening on a regular basis? Do people in your family seem unmotivated about getting together on Monday nights as a family?

Well, here's the answer! Yes, it's the all new and (I'm sure improved!) 52 Weeks of Family Night by Tamara Baggett. These "Fast and Easy Lessons for Young Families" (we're all young at heart!) will help you, too, to get back on the track of weekly (or sometimes more realistically-monthly) Family Home Evenings.

Each lesson is only a couple of pages long with a song suggestion, scripture reference and applicable stories for subjects ranging from "Ammon and the King" to "Family Garden" to "Family History" to "Rebekah at the Well" to "Stripling Warriors" to "The Widow's mite". A full 52 lessons fill the pages of this little gem of a book!

You can even have surprise lessons by using the numbered illustration cut-out cards in the back of the book. Just cut out the cards, have someone pick one and teach that lesson for the evening! Have even more fun by letting each of your children pick a card and do several lessons at once!

Yes, now your family can take just five or ten minutes to have family home evening-no more excuses! (This is just a minimum time recommendation-for actual learning and interaction the time should be increased with questions and discussion.) Treats Not Included.


(We really have enjoyed using this little book for some fast and easy lessons. It's been a fun way for us to involve everyone since the lessons are easy enough for each person in the family to present a lesson on their own and they plan that FHE. Our ratio of weeks with family home evenings to weeks without family home evening have become the inverse of each other thanks to this tiny book. Remember, this book is to be a supplement-not a replacement for a full fledged family home evening. Use as directed by parental instruction and prayer.)