Raspberry Walnut Tassies Recipes

WALNUT TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat sweet butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Gradually stir flour into butter until forming a dough. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place into 3/4-inch muffin cups. Press dough into the bottom and sides of each muffin cup.
• Mix brown sugar, walnuts, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of walnut filling into the dough cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are lightly browned and filling is cooked through, about 25 minutes.

RASPBERRY TASSIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Beat butter, cream cheese, flour, and almond extract together until well-combined.
• Cover dough, and chill until firm.*
• Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease and flour a 24-cup mini muffin tin.
• Divide chilled dough between the mini muffin cups, pressing dough into the bottom and up the sides.
• Divide fruit filling between cookie cups.
• Bake for about 10-15 minutes, or until tassies are light golden brown.
• Let cool in pan before removing.

RASPBERRY WALNUT TORTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch pans. In a medium bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and ground walnuts. Set aside. In a small bowl whip 1 1/2 cups cream until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• In a large bowl combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, eggs and 3 teaspoons vanilla. Beat 5 minutes at highest speed of an electric mixer. fold in flour mixture alternately with whipped cream.
• Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To make the Frosting: In a large bowl combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth. In a separate small bowl, whip 1/12 cups whipping cream until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
• To assemble cake: Split each layer in half horizontally to form 4 layers. Place 1 layer on serving plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with second layer; spread with 1/2 cup preserves. Top with 3rd layer; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost sides of cake with frosting, reserving about 1 cup for decorating. Spread remaining preserves on top of cake. Using a pastry bag and a star tip, pipe reserved frosting in a lattice design on the top of cake, pipe border around top and bottom edges of cake. Store in refrigerator.

WALNUT TASSIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325F.
• Pastry:.
• Cream together cream cheese and butter.
• Blend in flour.
• Shape into small balls. In miniature cupcake pan press dough on bottom and sides.
• Filling:.
• Beat togehter eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until smooth.
• Take 3/4 Cup of nuts and divide into pastry lined cups.
• Add egg mixture on top of nuts in pastry shells.
• Top each with the remaining 3/4 Cup of nuts.
• Bake 25-30 Minutes.

RASPBERRY WALNUT BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in walnuts., Pat half of the mixture into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Spread with jam. Crumble remaining crust mixture over jam. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

ALMOND RASPBERRY TASSIES

Steps:

• blend softened butter and cream cheese.stir in flour.mix to combine.chill.
• divide dough into 24 balls.press into sides and bottom of small miniature muffin tins --
• fill with prepared filling.
• to prepare FILLING:.
• put 1/2 tsp raspberry preserves into each unbaked shell.
• use your fingers to combine sugar and almond paste -- add egg yolks, one at a time, beat well as you ad each yolk -- blend in other ingredients --
• spoon into shells on top of preserves.
• bake at 400* for 15 minutes.
• cool in pans on rack before removing from miniature tins -- .

WALNUT TASSIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, blend butter, cream cheese and flour. Chill. Divide dough into fourths; divide each fourth into 12 small balls. Press each ball into miniature tart or muffin pans. For filling, combine all ingredients except cherries; fill tarts three-fourths full. Place on baking sheets. Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes or until crust is browned and filling set. Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans. If desired, garnish with candied cherries.

RASPBERRY CURD TASSIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Generously spray 28 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. In food processor, place almonds. Cover; process until finely ground.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, almonds, melted butter and cream cheese until soft dough forms. Shape dough into 28 (1-inch) balls. Press 1 ball in bottom and up side of each muffin cup.
• Bake 12 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Using end of wooden spoon handle, press deep well into center of each cookie cup. Cool completely in pans on cooling racks. Twist to remove from pans.
• In small bowl, mix lemon curd and raspberry jam. Spoon about 1 teaspoon mixture into each cookie cup. Top with dollop of whipped topping, 1 raspberry and mint leaf.