Almond Tassies; Miniature Holiday Pies

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Almond tassies are bite sized pastries filled with a sweet almond filling with slivered almonds. It’s like a little miniature almond nut pies.

You won’t feel the least bit guilty for eating a few of these bite size almond tassies. The best recipe for making miniature pies for the holidays.

Perfect For The Holidays

These almond tassies are like miniature pies and are perfect during the holidays. They are bite sized little pies. Just pop one in your mouth when you want a taste of pie but you don’t want the whole slice. You won’t feel the least bit guilty for eating a few of these bite size almond tassies. And if you like pecan pies you may want to try my pecan tassie recipe here.

Something About Jett:

Sometimes I like to cut corners in recipes. I tried exactly doing that with this crust recipe once and came to realize that was not a good idea. This tassie crust recipe I am going to share is one of the easiest to make. I highly, and I stress HIGHLY, recommend using this crust recipe for making tassies as you will have a better outcome. You see, I went outside the family recipe and started using store bought pie crusts which at the time I thought was so much easier than making my own tassie crust. But, I have come to realize using the prepared pie crusts really made the process difficult. The store bought dough was just not cooperative. It tended to be too dry and ended up being too hard to shape into the perfect tart. 

Almond Tassies Recipe

This recipe should make at least 48 tartlets.  

Crust Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter (room temperature)
• 6 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Filling Ingredients:

• 2 8-ounce cans almond paste
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 Tablespoons orange juice
• 3 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Instructions:

The Crust

Using a food processor mix together the butter, cream cheese and flour to make a soft manageable dough. You can also use a hand mixer as that will do just fine too.   

Making the Tart

To make tassies you will need a mini cupcake pan. I use 2 of these pans that will each make 24 tassies. Pinch off some dough and roll into a ball about the size of a small walnut. Place the dough in the pan. Do this for all 24 cups.  

Using a tart tamper is perfect for making tassies. Gently push down on center of dough with the tamper until the dough curls up. Remove tamper from dough and reshape by hand by gently pressing dough outward. Be careful not to press the tamper too hard or you will lose your bottom crust. Before moving on to the next dough ball place the tart tamper in flour and tap off any excess and do the same thing to the rest of the balls. 

Prepare Filling

For combining the filling I like using a food processor. Sometimes the almond paste can be pretty firm. Although using a food processor is not necessary it sure makes this process easy. Combine almond paste, granulated sugar, orange juice, eggs, heavy whipping cream and flour until smooth.

Fill Tarts

Fill tart 3/4 full of filling (do not overfill or you will have a mess on your hands during baking).  Then top each tart with a few sliced almonds. 

Bake

Bake tassies in a preheated oven (400 degrees Fahrenheit) for 13-15 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes prior to removing from pan (if the mixture bubbled over I find using a toothpick helps with removing the tart from the pan). Allow tarts to completely cool on cooling rack.

I AM EXCITED YOU ARE VIEWING JETT’S RECIPE FOR MAKING ALMOND TASSIES AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOURS TURNS OUT SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MAKE IT!

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