Delicious Nut Cups Recipes

HOT CHOCOLATE USING REAL CHOCOLATE (NO COCOA POWDER!)

Steps:

• Chop your chocolate into small pieces if using a bar.
• Add milk to a saucepan over medium low heat. Bring to a light simmer.
• Turn off heat and whisk in chocolate and vanilla until fully dissolved.
• Serve with whipped cream, mini marshmallows and/or a peppermint stick or candy cane.

STEPHANIE SCHRADER'S WALNUT CUPS

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer cream 1 stick of the butter with the cream cheese until the mixture is light and fluffy, add the flour and the salt, and beat the mixture until it forms a dough. Form the dough into a disk and chill it, wrapped in plastic wrap, for 30 minutes. Press rounded teaspoons of the dough into thirty-six 1/8-cup muffin tins and work the dough evenly onto the bottoms and up the sides of the tins to form 1/8-inch-shells.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F. In a bowl whisk together the egg, the brown sugar, the melted butter, and the vanilla until the mixture is combined well. Divide the filling among the shells, sprinkle it with the walnuts, and bake the walnut cups in the middle of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the crusts are golden. Let the cookies cool in the tins on racks for 10 minutes, remove them from the tins carefully, and let them cool completely on the racks. The walnut cups may be made 2 months in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

DELICIOUS NUT CUPS

Steps:

• 1. With your hands, work the first three ingredients together until well mixed. Make 24, walnut size balls. Press into mini muffin pans.
• 2. Now for the filling. Mix the filling ingredients together. Fill each cup with 1 teaspoon of filling.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool in pans for a bit, remove, and enjoy!

NUT BUTTER CUPS

Steps:

• Pulse almonds and dates in a food processor until mixture starts to hold together when pressed. Spoon nut mixture into 12 paper-lined muffin cups; press into bottom. Gently spread cashew butter over nut mixture. In a small bowl, whisk together cocoa, coconut oil and honey; pour over nut butter. If desired, top with chopped almonds. Refrigerate, covered, until chocolate is set, about 1 hour.

APRICOT NUT CUPS

Steps:

• Prepare dough by mixing the cream cheese, butter and flour. Pat into the bottom and sides of 48 mini tart wells.
• Mix filling ingredients and fill tarts with 1-2 teaspoons filling.
• Bake at 350* for 20 minutes.