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Chocolate Cherry Tarts

A chocolate dessert recipe for Chocolate Cherry Tarts.

OtherOtherEasy10 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
24
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 square baking chocolate -- melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup maraschino cherries -- finely chopped
  • 24 maraschino cherry halves

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cream butter and sugar; blend in melted chocolate.

  2. 2

    Add egg and vanilla; beat well.

  3. 3

    Sift dry ingredients together and blend into chocolate mixture.

  4. 4

    Roll pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured pastry cloth.

  5. 5

    Cut circles with 3-inch cookie cutter and place in buttered tartlet pans or shallow muffin tins.

  6. 6

    Blend cream cheese, sugar, and egg; fold in chopped cherries.

  7. 7

    Place 1 tablespoon filling in each tart.

  8. 8

    Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

  9. 9

    Remove from oven, top with cherry half.

  10. 10

    Chill.

Tags

americanchocolate-fantasyother