Pampered Chef Mini Tart Food

DUTCH APPLE MINI TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured surface, roll one pie crust into 12 x 10-inch rectangle using Baker's Roller®. Cut 12 circles from dough using Cut-N-Seal®. Press into Deluxe Mini-Muffin Pan using Mini-Tart Shaper. Repeat with remaining pie crust.For apple filling, whisk cream cheese in Classic Batter Bowl until smooth. Whisk in sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg until well blended. Stir in flour, cinnamon and vanilla until smooth. Peel and slice apples using Apple Peeler/Corer/Slicer. Chop into small pieces using Food Chopper. Stir into cream cheese mixture.Fill prepared muffin cups with apple mixture, filling over top of pastry. For topping, combine 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 3 tablespoons flour. Cut in butter until forms coarse crumbs. Spoon over apple filling.Bake in preheated oven 18-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Let cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan. Serve warm or at room temperature.

PAMPERED CHEF PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• For shells, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended, add flour, mix until soft dough forms.
• Using small scoop, shape dough into 1 inch balls, place into ungreased cups of mini muffin pan.
• Dip mini tart shaper in flour, press into dough with even pressure until dough rises slightly above rim of pan (dip in flour and repeat for all remaining cups).
• For filling, melt butter in microwave (about 30 seconds), stir in brown sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Finely chop pecans, add to mixture, mix well.
• Using small scoop, fill each shell with a level scoop of filling (do not overfill).
• Bake 20-25 minutes (until light golden brown), remove pan from oven, cool in pan for 3 minutes, transfer to cooling rack, cool completely.

TAFFY APPLE TARTLETS - PAMPERED CHEF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Chop peanuts using Food Chopper; set aside for later use.
• Cut peeled apples lengthwise into quarters using Utility Knife. Lay each quarter cut side down; angle knife, cut out and discard core. Coarsely chop apples with Food Chopper. Combine apples, 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce and flour in Classic Batter Bowl; mix well using Small Mix 'N Scraper®. Microwave on HIGH 5-6 minutes or until bubbling and thickened; stir and set aside.
• Meanwhile, unroll one pie crust onto lightly floured Cutting Board. Spacing closely together, cut 12 disks from crust using outer tube of Measure-All® Cup (nine around outside edge and three in center). Press disks into wells of Deluxe Mini-Muffin Pan using Mini-Tart Shaper, ruffling edges. Repeat with remaining crust.
• Cut caramels in half using Utility Knife; place one piece into each tart shell. Spoon apple mixture evenly into tart shells; sprinkle with peanuts. Bake 14-16 minutes or until edges of tartlets are golden brown. Remove tartlets from pan to Stackable Cooling Rack. Drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup caramel sauce. Serve warm.
• Cook's Tip: To easily drizzle caramel sauce over tartlets, place resealable plastic bag into Measure-All® Cup. Pour caramel into corner of bag. Twist top of bag; secure with Twixit! Clip. Cut corner off tip of bag to allow caramel to flow through.