Tiny Tarts 54 Recipes

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls; press onto the bottom and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. , Bake at 300° for 17-22 minutes or until set. Cool for 15 minutes before carefully removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Spoon 1 teaspoon of pie filling into each tart.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine sugar, lemon juice, eggs, flour, and lemon zest for filling together in a large mixing bowl, and whisk until well blended. Set aside.
• Combine flour, butter, sugar, and salt for crust in the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times, until the dough begins to come together in a ball.
• Divide the dough into 6 equal portions, placing dough portions in each well of a nonstick 6-well mini tart pan. Press dough over the bottom of each well and up the sides.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the filling is set and the crust is lightly browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack until mini tarts reach room temperature.

Steps:

• To Make Pastry: Cream butter or margarine and cream cheese. Add flour and mix well. Make into 48 balls; place one ball in each cup of a mini tart pan. Use your fingers or a tart tamper to press out into a tart shell.
• To Make Filling: Break the eggs, but do not beat. Add sugar, melted butter, salt, vanilla and pecans. Mix well. Fill the tart shells. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until delicately browned.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• On a lightly floured work surface, unfold the puff pastry and roll lightly to flatten. Using a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter, cut out pastry circles and place, evenly spaced, on the parchment.
• Using a fork, generously prick (dock) the pastry circles to the edges.
• Spread 1 teaspoon of the pesto on each circle, almost to the edge. Place a slice of tomato on top, and drizzle a tiny drop of olive oil over.
• Bake until puffed and golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven toe 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Beat softened margarine or butter and cream cheese until thoroughly combined. Stir in flour.
• Using 24 ungreased 1 3/4 inch mini muffin cups, press a rounded teaspoon of pastry evenly into the bottom and up the sides of each cup.
• To Make The Filling: Beat the egg and mix in the brown sugar, melted margarine or butter and the chopped pecans.
• Fill each pastry-lined muffin cup with about 1 heaping teaspoon of pecan filling. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is puffed. Cool slightly in the muffin cups, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick spray.
• Form the dough scraps into a ball and roll 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 12 small squares and push each square into one of the mini muffin cups. Fill each with 1/2 teaspoon jam. Bake until the crust is golden, about 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray 24 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. In medium bowl, beat butter and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Beat in 1 cup flour until dough forms.
• Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. Press 1 ball in bottom and up side of each muffin cup for crust. Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in same bowl, beat remaining ingredients except powdered sugar on medium speed until well mixed.
• Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon mixture evenly into each baked crust. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until filling is light golden. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from muffin cups to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Sift powdered sugar over tops of cookies. Store covered in refrigerator. If desired, sift additional powdered sugar over cookies just before serving.

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• Tarts:.
• In a mixing bowl, beat margarine or butter and cream cheese until thoroughly blended. Stir in flour. Roll rounded-teaspoonsbul of dough into balls. Press evenly into the bottom and up the sides of mini-muffin cups.
• Fill each pastry with 1 heaping teaspoon of desired filling.
• Filling:.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat ingredients together until mixed well.
• Bake at 325 degree for 25-30 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is puffed.
• Cool slightly in pan
• Remove from cups and cool completely on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Beat softened margarine or butter and cream cheese until thoroughly combined. Stir in flour. Using 24 ungreased 1 3/4 inch mini muffin cups, press a rounded teaspoon of pastry evenly into the bottom and up the sides of each cup. To Make The Filling: Beat the egg and mix in the brown sugar, melted margarine or butter and the chopped pecans. Fill each pastry-lined muffin cup with about 1 heaping teaspoon of pecan filling. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is puffed. Cool slightly in the muffin cups, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.