Brownie Tassies Recipes

GERMAN CHOCOLATE TASSIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; press evenly onto bottom and up sides of ungreased mini-muffin cups., Pulse pecans and coconut in a food processor until finely chopped. In a small bowl, whisk brown sugar, egg, butter, vanilla and salt. Whisk in chocolate. Stir in pecan mixture. Place a rounded teaspoon of filling in each cup. Bake until filling is set, 17-20 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

RASPBERRY CHOCOLATE TASSIES

Steps:

• Bake phyllo shells according to package directions. Cool on a wire rack.
• Meanwhile, in a medium microwave-safe bowl, combine Ghirardelli® 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips, whipping cream, and raspberry jam. Microwave on medium power (50 percent) for 1 minute. Remove and stir. If chocolate is not melted, return to microwave and repeat heating step, stirring every 30 seconds to avoid scorching. Stir until smooth.
• Spoon the chocolate mixture evenly into the baked phyllo shells. Top each with a piece of Ghirardelli Dark & Raspberry SQUARES™ Chocolate. Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour or until set. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 3 days. If desired, garnish each with a fresh raspberry just before serving.

FUDGE BROWNIE TASSIES

Steps:

• To make the pastry: in a bowl, beat ½ cup butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• Stir in flour with a wooden spoon; cover and chill dough for about 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• Shape dough into 24 balls; press each ball evenly into bottom and up sides of an ungreased 1 ¾ inch muffin cup.
• To make the filling: in a small saucepan, melt chocolate pieces and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat; stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• If desired, place a nut in each pastry-lined muffin cup; spoon about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture into each pastry-lined muffin cup.
• Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is puffed.
• Cool tassies slightly in pan on wire racks.
• Carefully remove tassies from pan by running a knife around the edges of each cup; transfer tassies to a wire rack and let cool.

BROWNIE TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Make tassie pastry (#59854) and line mini muffin cups with this pastry.
• Melt chips and butter in saucepan over low heat.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Place a whole hazelnut in center of each pastry-lined cup.
• Top with 1 rounded tsp of chocolate mixture.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Immediately, and very carefully using the tip of a pointed knife, gently knudge out each tassie out of its cup and transfer to a rack to cool.
• If they cool in the pan too long, they are more difficult to remove.
• Your first couple may break (those are the ones I eat on the spot- the rewards of making them!), but you will soon learn just the right'move' to remove them perfectly.