Tea Time Tassies Recipes

TEA TIME TASTIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Blend softened cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter or margarine. Stir in 1 cup flour and mix well.
• Shape 2 dozen-1 inch balls. Place in tiny ungreased muffin pans and press onto the bottom and sides of tins.
• To Make Filling: Beat egg, sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, salt, vanilla and nuts until smooth. Fill pastry cups and bake until filling is set, about 25 minutes.

PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth; gradually beat in flour. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; press evenly onto bottoms and up sides of greased mini muffin cups., For filling, in a small bowl, mix egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until blended. Stir in 1/3 cup pecans; spoon into pastries. Sprinkle with remaining pecans., Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden and filling is puffed. Cool in pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Freeze option: Freeze cooled cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers.

TEA TIME TASSIE

Steps:

• 1. Let cream cheese & butter soften at room temperature.
• 2. Mix well, stir in flour. Chill overnight or 3-6 hours.
• 3. Shape in 1 inch balls. Place in tiny ungreased muffin tins. Press to form sides & bottom of tin with tart press.
• 4. When dough is ready, make Filling -Whisk 1 egg, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon soft butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add 2/3 cup chopped pecans.
• 5. Place teaspoon in each cup.
• 6. Bake at 325 for 25-35 minutes or until filling is set. cool & remove from tins.

TEA TIME TASSIES

Steps:

• Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until crust is brown. Makes 60 cookies Form crust dough in 60 balls and put in 1 3/4 inch muffin pans, form into a tart shell. Mix the filling and fill unbaked shells. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.