Chocolate And Pecan Tartlets

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons butter, softened, plus
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 4 ounces light cream cheese
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup light-brown sugar
• 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 mix softened butter and cream cheese in a bowl until smooth.
• 2 blend in flour, a bit at a time, confectioners' sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt.
• 3 form dough into a disk.
• 4 cover in plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• 5 heat oven to 325°f
• 6 divide dough into 24 balls; press into two 12-cup mini muffin tins, pushing dough up over edges.
• 7 refrigerate.
• 8 mix brown sugar, chocolate, egg, melted butter, vanilla and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt in a bowl until combined.
• 9 divide half the pecans among muffin cups; top with brown sugar mixture; sprinkle remaining pecans on top.
• 10 bake 20 minutes or until dough is lightly golden around edges.
• 11 let sit 5 minutes.
• 12 run tip of knife around cup edges to loosen.
• 13 remove when cool enough to handle; transfer to wire racks to cool completely.