Chocolate Pecan Tassies Recipes

CHOCOLATE-PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• Prepare the Chocolate Crusts: Beat butter and sugar with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add egg yolk, flour, cocoa, and salt. Beat until fully combined, about 1 minute. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, and chill 2 hours.
• Coat a 24-cup mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Uncover dough; shape into 20 (1-inch) balls. Gently press each ball into bottom and up sides of 20 prepared muffin cups. Place in freezer, uncovered, until ready to use.
• Prepare the Filling: Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together egg, granulated sugar, corn syrup, brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and salt in a glass measuring cup or a small bowl until smooth.
• Remove Chocolate Crusts from freezer; fill each with about ½ teaspoon finely chopped pecans. Carefully drizzle Filling over pecans to come about three-fourths up the sides of each crust. Top each with 2 pecan halves.
• Bake in preheated oven until mostly dry to the touch and crust is set, about 18 minutes. Cool 15 minutes in muffin pan. Run a small knife around edge of each crust. Lift from pan; place on a serving platter. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• Place chopped chocolate in a small microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on 50% power until melted, stirring every 30 seconds (about 1 minute total). Transfer melted chocolate to a small piping bag or a ziplock plastic bag with 1 small corner snipped off, and drizzle chocolate over cooled tassies.

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.

CHOCOLATE PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar. Combine the flour and cocoa; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, for filling, combine the brown sugar and butter in a small bowl. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the pecans and chocolate chips. , Roll cream cheese mixture into 1-in. balls. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of ungreased miniature muffin cups. Spoon filling into cups. , Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 10 minutes before carefully removing from pans to wire racks.

CHOCOLATE PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• Allow both crust pouches to stand at room temperature for 15-20 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Unfold each crust; remove top plastic sheets. Press out fold lines.
• Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon flour. Spread flour evenly over crusts.
• Invert and remove remaining plastic sheets.
• Using a 2-5/8" to 2-3/4" round, scalloped cookie cutter, cut 12 rounds out of each crust.
• Gently press each round, floured side down, into 24 ungreased miniature muffin cups.
• Divide 1/3 cup of the nuts evenly in pie crust-lined muffin cups. In small bowl, beat brown sugar, chocolate, butter, vanilla, and egg only until smooth (do not overbeat; mixture should not be bubbly).
• Spoon teaspoonful of filling over nuts in each cup.
• Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
• Bake at 375°F for 18-22 minutes or until filling is set and crust is light golden brown.
• Cool 1 minute; remove from pans.