Brownie Tassies Recipes

BROWNIE TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Make tassie pastry (#59854) and line mini muffin cups with this pastry.
• Melt chips and butter in saucepan over low heat.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Place a whole hazelnut in center of each pastry-lined cup.
• Top with 1 rounded tsp of chocolate mixture.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Immediately, and very carefully using the tip of a pointed knife, gently knudge out each tassie out of its cup and transfer to a rack to cool.
• If they cool in the pan too long, they are more difficult to remove.
• Your first couple may break (those are the ones I eat on the spot- the rewards of making them!), but you will soon learn just the right'move' to remove them perfectly.

FUDGE BROWNIE TASSIES

Steps:

• To make the pastry: in a bowl, beat ½ cup butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds.
• Stir in flour with a wooden spoon; cover and chill dough for about 1 hour or until easy to handle.
• Shape dough into 24 balls; press each ball evenly into bottom and up sides of an ungreased 1 ¾ inch muffin cup.
• To make the filling: in a small saucepan, melt chocolate pieces and 2 tablespoons butter over low heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat; stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• If desired, place a nut in each pastry-lined muffin cup; spoon about 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture into each pastry-lined muffin cup.
• Bake at 325° for 20-25 minutes or until pastry is golden and filling is puffed.
• Cool tassies slightly in pan on wire racks.
• Carefully remove tassies from pan by running a knife around the edges of each cup; transfer tassies to a wire rack and let cool.