Chocolate Cherry Tarts

Name: Chocolate Cherry Tarts
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 square baking chocolate, melted; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp. vanilla; 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1/8 tsp. baking soda; 1/4 tsp. salt; 8 oz. cream cheese; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, finely chopped; 24 maraschino cherry halves

13 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

2 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 square baking chocolate, melted
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup maraschino cherries, finely chopped
24 maraschino cherry halves

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar; blend in melted chocolate.
2

Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
3

Sift dry ingredients together and blend into chocolate mixture.
4

Roll pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured pastry cloth.
5

Cut circles with 3-inch cookie cutter and place in buttered tartlet pans or shallow muffin tins.
6

Blend cream cheese, sugar, and egg; fold in chopped cherries.
7

Place 1 tablespoon filling in each tart.
8

Bake at 350F for 10 to 12 minutes.
9

Remove from oven, top with cherry half.
10

Chill.