Pumpkin-Cheesecake Petits Fours
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 package sugar cookie mix
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting board
- 1/2 cup cake flour, plus 2 tablespoons for dusting board
- 1 cream cheesecake, thawed
- 1 pumpkin pie, baked
- 3/4 cup heavy cream (1/4 cup for cheesecake filling; 1/2 cup for pumpkin filling)
- 1 can pour and frost chocolate icing
- Espresso coffee beans
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place butter and softened cream cheese in a small microwave safe bowl.
- Melt in microwave on medium setting stirring every 15 seconds until melted.
- Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add cookie mix, melted butter and cream cheese mixture, egg, vanilla extract, cocoa powder and cake flour.
- Stir until dough forms.
- Sift together 2 tablespoons each of cocoa powder and cake flour to use for dusting board and rolling pin.
- Roll out dough 1/8-inch thick.
- Using cutters slightly bigger than petits fours molds, stamp out cookies.
- Fit cookies into molds and cut off excess.
- Bake in batches for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from molds.
- Cool completely on wire racks.
- To make the filling, scoop out into separate bowls the pie fillings of the thawed cheesecake and baked pumpkin pie.
- Be careful not to get any of the crusts.
- Discard the crusts.
- Add heavy cream and beat each filling with a wire whisk to smooth out consistency.
- To assemble, using pastry bags or zip-top bag with a star tip, hold the bag on its side and spoon in half of the cheesecake filling.
- Then spoon half of the pumpkin filling on the other side.
- Test the frosting by squeezing the bag until both fillings come out.
- Fill 2 more pastry bags or zip-top bags, 1 with the remaining cheesecake filling and the other with the pumpkin filling.
- Add fillings to petits fours.
- To make the chocolate icing, remove lid and foil seal from chocolate icing.
- Heat in microwave for 30 seconds and stir.
- Pour into small zip-top bag.
- Snip off tiny opening in corner of bag.
- Drizzle over petits fours.
- Garnish with an espresso bean.
- Cook's Tip: A tomato sauce or tomato paste can works great as a cookie-cutter for the petits fours.
butter, cream cheese, sugar cookie, egg, vanilla, cocoa powder, cake flour, cream cheesecake, pumpkin pie, heavy cream, pour, espresso coffee beans
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/pumpkin-cheesecake-petits-fours-recipe.html (may not work)