Recipe: Almond Raspberry Tassies

Almond Raspberry Tassies
Recipe by : Rare Collection; Junior League of Galvesto
Makes 24

Pastry Dough:
1/2 Cup Butter or margarine -- Softened
3 Ounces Cream cheese
1 Cup Flour

Filling:
1/4 Cup Raspberry preserves
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Almond paste -- 2-ounces
2 Egg yolks
3 Tablespoons Flour
2 Tablespoons Milk
1 Tablespoon Orange juice

Pastry Dough
Blend softened butter and cream cheese. Stir in flour. Cover and chill. Divide dough into 24 balls. Press into sides and bottom of small muffin tins. Fill with almond-raspberry filling.

Filling
Put 1/2 teaspoon raspberry preserves into each unbaked shell. Use your fingers to combine sugar and almond paste. Add egg yolks one at a time. Beat well as you add each yolk. Blend in other ingredients. Spoon into shells. Bake in a 400 oven for 15 minutes. Cool before removing from pan. Store in refrigerator or freeze