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Easy Date Tassies

downtonabbeycooks · April 22, 2020 ·

Tassies is a Scottish word that refers to a small tart or pie.  These tassies don’t require you to make any pie crust so they are super easy to put together.


Easy Date Tassies

Tassies is a Scottish word that refers to a small tart or pie.  These tassies don't require you to make any pie crust so they are super easy to put together. 
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Afternoon Tea, Dessert
Cuisine English, Scottish
Servings 24 minis

Ingredients
  

Filling

  • 1 cup dried dates roughly chopped
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese,
  • 1/2 cup pecans chopped

Crust

  • 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup walnuts coarsely chopped
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp. unsalted butter

Dusting

  • 3 tbsp. icing sugar for dusting or whipped cream for garnish
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Instructions
 

Prepare Filling

  • Combine all the filling ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and then simmer until most of the liquid has been cooked away which should take about 5 or 5 minutes. The consistency should look like jam. Cool and then mix in the cream cheese and finally add the pecans.

Prepare Crust

  • Mix the crust ingredients together until it resembles a coarse meal.

Bake

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 24 mini muffin cups or 12 regular muffin tins. Divide equally (about a tablespoon) of the crust mixture into each cup, and press evenly in the bottoms. Add a spoonful of the topping on top of the crust, gently smoothing the top.
  • Bake minis for 15 minutes, regular muffins 25 minutes. The tops should be set. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then gently run a knife around the edges to loosen. Let sit on a wire rack to cool and sprinkle with icing sugar.
  • They are awesome when still slightly warm.
Keyword Afternoon Tea
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Filed Under: COVID Comfort Food, Dessert, Snack, Sweets Tagged With: date, tassies

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