Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets
Delightful mini tartlets featuring a buttery cream cheese crust filled with a rich mixture of chocolate chips, pecans, and brown sugar. These bite-sized treats are perfect for parties or special occasions.
Ingredients
- •5 tablespoons butter, softened, plus 1 tablespoon melted butter
- •4 ounces light cream cheese
- •1 cup all-purpose flour
- •1 tablespoon confectioners sugar and salt
- •¾ cup light-brown sugar
- •⅓ cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
- •1 large egg
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •⅔ cup chopped pecans
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Mix softened butter and cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Blend in flour, a bit at a time, confectioners' sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Form dough into a disk. Cover in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 3 hours. Heat oven to 325°F. Divide dough into 24 balls; press into two 12-cup mini muffin tins, pushing dough up over edges. Refrigerate. Mix brown sugar, chocolate, egg, melted butter, vanilla and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl until combined. Divide half the pecans among muffin cups; top with brown sugar mixture; sprinkle remaining pecans on top. 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.
205 min
