Family Favorites...Raspberry Almond Tassies


  Raspberries and almonds are among my favorite flavors in foods so this was a easy choice for me to bake.  The Better Homes and Garden’s Test Kitchen Favorites uses these two flavors in Raspberry Almond Tassies. With a butter crust, which rolled out beautifully after chilling, Raspberry All Fruit preserves and ground almonds make up the filling. They are quite easy to make, just a little time fussing with them. I was surprised how easily the dough handled. I did get 24 tassies instead of the 18 it stated. A nice bonus.
  Do use the amount of the jam called for in each tassie. I had a few that I got too much jam in and it boiled up on the sides.
Raspberry - Almond Tassies
1 cup all purpose flour
¼ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter
3 to 4 tablespoons cold water
4 ½ teaspoons seedless raspberry jam
½ cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
⅔ cup finely ground almonds
¼ teaspoon almond extract
1 slightly beaten egg
  In a medium bowl, stir together the flour and salt. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. With a fork, stir in the cold water one tablespoon at a time until all flour is moistened and the ball stays together. Add a little more water if necessary. Shape into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for one hour.
  On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to ⅛ inch thickness. Cut circles with a 2 ½ inch round cookie cutter. Ease into the cups of a ungreased 1 ¾ inch muffin cups.
Spoon ¼ teaspoon jam into the bottom of each cup. No more than ¼ teaspoon.
  In mixer bowl, beat sugar and softened butter till creamy. Beat in the egg, add the almond flavoring and ground almonds. Stir until well mixed.
  Spoon 1 tablespoon of filling into each cup on top of raspberry jam. Bake in 400° oven for 23 minutes or until brown on top. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack.
Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

4 comments:

  1. Here in UK we would call these Bakewell Tarts. My family adore them and they dissapearfast!

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    1. I sure have heard of BAKEWELL tarts, is the recipe close?

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    2. Almost word for word Myrna. I sometimes make a large one in an 8" sandwich tin (or pan as you call them), obviously this takes longer to cook.

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  2. That would sure be faster. Fun to know as now when I read novels set in England I know what they are.

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