Walnut Petites

• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 cups chopped walnuts (8 oz)
• 2 to 4 mini-muffin tins

1. Beat together cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
2. Sift in flour and a pinch of salt and stir until mixture forms a dough.
3. Divide dough into quarters, then chill, each wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350F.
5. Make 12 balls from each piece of dough.
6. Press each ball into bottom and up sides of a mini-muffin cup to form a pastry shell.
7. Chill until ready to fill.
8. Whisk together eggs, brown sugar, and a pinch of salt until blended, then stir in walnuts.
9. Fill each pastry shell with 1 teaspoon filling.
10. Bake in batches in middle of oven until filling is bubbling and pastry is light brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
11. Run a sharp knife around edges of pastries, then transfer to a rack and cool.

cream cheese, unsalted butter, flour, eggs, brown sugar, walnuts, tins

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/walnut-petites-104430 (may not work)