Lemon Chess Tassies

From Southern Living.

• Ready In: 1 hr 12 mins
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• Crust

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour

• Filling

• 2  cups sugar
• 4  large eggs
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1  tablespoon  grated lemon rind
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1  tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1  tablespoon cornmeal
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Filling:.
2. Whisk together all ingredients. Use filling immediately.
3. Crust:.
4. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed. Shape mixture into 48 balls; cover and chill 1 hour. Place 1 dough ball into each lightly greased muffin cup in miniature muffin pans, shaping each into a shell.
5. To Assemble:.
6. Spoon Lemon Chess Pie Filling evenly into tart shells.
7. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.