Cherry-Topped Chocolate Tassies

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• 1/2 1/2
• cup butter, softened
• 1 1
• package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1 1
• cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 1/8 1/8
• teaspoon salt
• 1 1
• cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 24 24
• large maraschino cherries, drained

Details

Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 70mins

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 24 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
2 In medium bowl, beat butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. On low speed, beat in flour and salt until dough forms.
3 Shape dough into 24 (1 1/4-inch) balls. Press in bottoms and up sides of muffin cups. Fill each cup with about 2 teaspoons chocolate chips. Top each with a cherry.
4 Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until edges of cups are golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from muffin cups to cooling rack; cool completely.