Recipe: Bourbon-Chocolate Pecan Pie Tarts with Cream Cheese Pastry

BOURBON-CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE TARTS

Cream cheese pastry (recipe follows)
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup light corn syrup
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 tbsp firmly packed light brown sugar
3 tbsp bourbon
1 tbsp flour
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups pecan halves

Divide Cream Cheese Pastry into 6 portions and shape into a ball; press into 6 (4 1/2-inch) tart pans.

Sprinkle chocolate chips over pastry and chill 30 minutes.

Beat together the remaining ingredients for the filling, except pecans.

Pour filling into tart shells, filling each half full. Arrange pecan halves over filling, drizzle with remaining filling.

Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 30-35 minutes or until set.

(Tart filling may be baked in a 9-inch tart pan fitted with a pastry crust. Bake at 350 for 55 minutes or until set.)

CREAM CHEESE PASTRY

1 (3 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup flour

Beat cream cheese and butter together at medium speed. Add flour and beat at on low speed just until dough forms.

From: Elaine, CAN - 08-25-97