Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets

Name: Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 Tbsps butter, softened, plus 1 tablespoon melted butter; 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar; 1 large egg; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 113 grams light cream cheese; 177 milliliters light-brown sugar; 158 milliliters chopped pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 79 milliliters mini semisweet chocolate chips; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets a try. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 113 calories. This recipe serves 24. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up butter, semisweet chocolate chips, egg, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

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.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Heat oven to 325°F. Divide dough into 24 balls; press into two 12-cup mini muffin tins, pushing dough up over edges. Refrigerate.

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Dough

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Mini Muffin Tray

Oven

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.

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Brown Sugar