Ingredients Required

1 cup Butter, softened

8 Ounces Cream Cheese

2 ½ Cups Flour

4 large Green Apples, Finely chopped

1 Cup Sugar

2 Teaspoons Cinnamon or Apple Pie Spice

¼ Cup Flour

Directions for preparation of Apple Tassies

• Cream together the butter and cream cheese.
• Gradually add flour.
• It should form a moist dough.
• Portion into approximately teaspoon balls into mini muffin tin.
• Flatten to fit tin.
• In a medium sauce pan combine apples, sugar and cinnamon.
• Cook for 5-7 minutes until the apple begin to soften.
• Add flour and mixture will thicken slightly.
• Add filling with a spoon to each tart shell and avoid apples overflowing sides of pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 20-22 minutes.
• Let rest for a couple minutes and release with a teaspoon.

You can either drizzle them with a caramel sauce, dust with powdered sugar or you could even top with a crumb topping prior to baking.

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