Kathrine's Muffin Cookies
"A friend gave me this wonderful recipe. It's a little time consuming to prepare (it's hand molded) but the result is totally worth it. This is one of those 'I bet you can't eat just one' recipes! When you first make it, it takes a little while to mold the cookies into the pan...otherwise, the mixing of everything is pretty quick and once you make it several times, it gets easier."
photo by marisk
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
24 mini muffins
ingredients
-
CRUST
- 3 ounces philadephia cream cheese
- 7 1⁄2 tablespoons butter (softened)
- 1 cup flour
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FILLING
- 2 1⁄2 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 3⁄4 cup finely chopped pecans (walnuts or macadamia nuts)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the crust, mix the cream cheese and butter together before adding the flour. Form 24 1” balls of dough. Place each ball in ungreased mini muffin pan and mold up sides to fit. [I used a tablespoon measure to press down on the center then used my fingers to shape the sides.].
- To make the filling, combine the butter and sugar. Add remaining ingredients. Fill each cup 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake 25 minutes or until light brown then transfer to cooling rack. [i decreased the time from 30 minutes -- made some last night and though they weren't burnt they were definitely overbaked. ].
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
marisk
honolulu, HI
<p>Aloha! I just recently started spending more time in the kitchen and am learning that cooking and baking can be fun as well as challenging. My favorite cookbook resources are my 'gourmet' sister and the very patient and generous Ohana of Zaar. Mahalo nui loa! <br /><br />My rating system: The first time I try a recipe, I follow the instructions as given; if I do a little tweaking, I keep that in mind when rating. It's not right to rate lower because of something I did or didn't do. <br />***** ... Excellent! Tasted great with/without tweaking. <br />**** ... Loved It! Tasted great with/without tweaking. <br />No stars ... May be an excellent recipe but I was unable to get it to work for me. May or may not try again later. We don't all have the same taste preferences. I've found recipes with lots of five stars that just didn't work for me and some with less that I thought were great. <br />Thank you All for sharing!</p>
