Portuguese Milk Tarts (Queijadas de Leite) - EASY (2024)

Portuguese Milk Tarts, Queijadas de Leite, are a traditional Portuguese dessert made with pantry staple ingredients. They are creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside!

Portuguese Milk Tarts (Queijadas de Leite) Recipe

These tarts are creamy and custardy in the middle and crispy on the outside. A must try… but be warned, they are highly addictive!

Growing up my Mom made these for special occasions, holidays and birthdays. Everyone would always get even more excited for a gathering knowing there would be queijadas de leite.

This is my Moms famous family secret recipe!

You may be familiar with Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts – Pastel de Nata, which has a flaky crust on the outside and a creamy egg custard filling. These are the most famous dessert of Portugal and one of my favorites. However, they are quite tricky to make. Portuguese Milk Tarts are another variation of Egg Custard Tarts but without the flaky crust and they are just as delicious!

What is in Portuguese Milk Tarts (Queijadas de Leite)?

• My favorite kind of desserts are ones that I can whip up in a flash with only a few pantry staple ingredients. This is one of those great recipes that only needs 5 ingredients – milk, eggs, flour, butter and sugar. The cinnamon is optional but highly recommended.

How to Make Portuguese Milk Tarts (Queijadas de Leite)

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Check out my short video tutorial here

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease muffin tins with nonstick cooking spray (recipe will fill 18 cups of a muffin tin).

2 In a large bowl beat the eggs, sugar and melted butter with a fork or whisk until smooth.

3 Add in the flour and mix until smooth.

4 Add in the warm milk and mix until smooth. The batter will be very thin and runny.

5 Pour into greased muffin tins filling each cup 3/4 of the way full.

6 Bake 20 – 30 minutes, or until golden brown, on the middle rack of oven. Note: while baking the tarts will puff up and while cooling they will sink.

7 Remove from oven. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of each tart (optional).

8 Allow tarts to cool in pan for 5-10 minutes and then carefully remove from pan. Use a knife or cake spatula to loosen the edges of the tart from the pan to remove.

9 Serve and enjoy!

Looking for More Simple Sweets?

Try some of my favorite simple dessert recipes:

• Mini Berry Dutch Babies – so quick and easy to make using a blender and muffin tin!
• Rice Pudding – sweet and creamy rice pudding topped with a pinch of cinnamon is the perfect after dinner treat!
• Banana Bread – super moisttexture, rich banana flavor it is a must try. This recipe is so simple and only needs a few pantry staple ingredients.

Enjoy!

– Sab

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