Chocolate Almond Tassies

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons amaretto (or other almond liqueur)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted almond
• 1/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 beat butter, cream cheese, sugar and salt in large bowl until blended. stir in flour (dough will be soft and sticky).
• 3 scrape dough onto sheet of plastic wrap. using plastic as aid, shape dough into disk. cover and chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• 4 roll dough into 24 1-inch balls; place 1 dough ball in each of 24 mini muffin cups. chill 15-20 minutes.
• 5 using floured fingertips, press dough over bottom and up sides of each muffin cup, forming a shell. chill until ready to use, up to 1 day.
• 6 filling:.
• 7 preheat oven to 350°f whisk first 5 filling ingredients in medium bowl until blended.
• 8 stir in almonds and chocolate morsels. spoon filling into shells.
• 9 bake until crusts are golden brown and filling is set, 23-25 minutes. let stand 5 minutes. using small sharp knife, cut around each cookie to loosen, then turn onto rack and cool completely.