Chocolate And Pecan Tartlets

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 5 tablespoons butter, softened, plus 1 tbsp melted butter
• 4 ounces light cream cheese
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
• 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 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.