Cranberry Orange Tassies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 2/3 cup dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup orange marmalade
• 1/4 cup walnuts, toasted and chopped
• 3 ounces chocolate chips
• 1 (15 ounce) package refrigerated unbaked pie crusts

Recipe

• 1 combine water and cranberries in a small saucepan, bring to a boil. remove from heat and let sit for 3 minutes. drain well and let cranberries cool to room temperature. stir in marmalade, walnuts, and chocolate and set the filling aside.
• 2 per the package instructions, let the piecrust stand at room temperature. unroll the crust and cut out 24 rounds usings a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter.
• 3 preheat oven to 375*f. using a tamper press the dough into ungreased mini-muffing pans (you can also press the dough by hand, but the tamper makes things go much faster.).
• 4 spoon cranberry filling into pastry cups until almost full (do not overfill because the filling will make a mess.).
• 5 bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown. carefully run a small knife around the edges of the tassies in the pan. carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• 6 tassies can be frozen in a single layer for up to one month.