Chocolate and Pecan Tartlets

dojemi's Note:

The only thing better than the fusion of chocolate and pecan in this tasty tart is finding out that 'two of them' have only 225 calories

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

Crust

• 5 tablespoons butter , softened, plus 1 tbsp melted butter
• 4 ounces light cream cheese
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar

Filling

• ¾ cup light-brown sugar
• 1⁄3; cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2⁄3; cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. For crust;.
2. Mix softened butter and cream cheese in a bowl until smooth.
3. Blend in flour, a bit at a time, confectioners' sugar and 1/8 tsp salt.
4. Form dough into a disk.
5. Cover in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
6. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
7. Divide dough into 24 balls; press into two 12-cup mini muffin tins, pushing dough up over edges.
8. Refrigerate.
9. For filling;.
10. Mix brown sugar, chocolate, egg, melted butter, vanilla and remaining 1/8 tsp salt in a bowl until combined.
11. Divide half the pecans among muffin cups; top with brown sugar mixture; sprinkle remaining pecans on top.
12. To assemble;.
13. Bake 20 minutes or until dough is lightly golden around edges.
14. Let sit 5 minutes.
15. Run tip of knife around cup edges to loosen.
16. Remove when cool enough to handle; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Reviews

[luvcook'n]

What wonderful little tarts these are! I made as directed with one exception...instead of making the mini tarts I made 12 larger ones. Oh my they were good. Everyone hoovered through them...I only got one :( But I will definately be making these again. Thank you for sharing.