Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 24 maraschino cherry halves
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 square baking chocolate -- melted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries -- finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces cream cheese
Method:
- Cream butter and sugar; blend in melted chocolate. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
- Sift dry ingredients together and blend into chocolate mixture. Roll pastry to 1/8-inch thickness on lightly floured pastry cloth.
- Cut circles with 3-inch cookie cutter and place in buttered tartlet pans or shallow muffin tins.
- Blend cream cheese, sugar, and egg; fold in chopped cherries. Place 1 tablespoon filling in each tart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven, put cherry at top.
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