Walnut Tassies

Cookie dough is pressed into small muffin cups and filled with a buttery, walnut filling creating sweet little walnut lassies for the holiday season.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 159 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ cups dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• ½ pound sweet butter

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies are lightly browned and filling is cooked through, about 25 minutes.