Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets
Makes:
24 tartlets
Total Time:
3 hr 45 min
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Category:
Desserts
Sub Category: Other
what you need
- Crust
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
- 4 oz. light cream cheese
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
- 1/8 tsp. salt
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- Filling
- 3/4 cup light-brown sugar
- 1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tbsp. melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 2/3 cup chopped pecans, divided
make it
For crust
Mix softened butter and cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Blend in flour (a bit at a time), confectioners' sugar and salt. Form dough into a disk. Cover in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 3 hours. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Divide dough into 24 balls; press into two 12-cup mini muffin tins, pushing dough up over edges. Refrigerate.
For filling
Mix brown sugar, chocolate, egg, melted butter, vanilla and salt in a bowl until combined. Divide half the pecans among muffin cups; top with brown sugar mixture; sprinkle remaining pecans on top.
To assemble
Bake 20 minutes or until dough is lightly golden around edges. Let sit 5 minutes. Run tip of knife around cup edges to loosen. Remove when cool enough to handle; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
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