Turtle Tarts Recipe

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Ingredients
15
Count
Nutrition
287
Calories
Total time
12
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. To prepare the cookie shell, mix softened butter with both sugars; add yolks and extract.
  2. Stir in flour; mixture will be quite dry and crumbly.
  3. Use enough dough to press it into the bottom and up the sides of mini-muffin tins (spray tins with cooking spray for easier removal of baked tarts). This is much easier to do if you buy a pastry or tart “press”, available in most kitchen departments. You simply place a ball of dough in the tart cup and press down with the pastry press to form it into the cup…very easy and so much less time-consuming!
  4. Bake shells at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
  5. While shells are baking, prepare the fillings.
  6. Melt chocolate chips in a microwaveable glass and keep it warm by setting it in a larger bowl of hot water. Don’t let any water get into the melted chocolate or you will have a disaster if you try to re-heat it!
  7. In a separate microwavable bowl, place unwrapped caramels, sweetened condensed milk and butter; microwave on high until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds or so. Keep it warm by setting it in a larger bowl of hot water.
  8. When shells are baked, remove pans from oven and place about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate in bottom of each shell, then top with melted caramel mixture.
  9. When all shells are filled, sprinkle diced nuts over the tops.
  10. Bake for another 3 minutes; remove pans from oven and set on racks.
  11. Allow tarts to cool until you can run a knife around the outer edges of them and lift them out without breaking the cups. As they cool, the tarts will harden enough to allow you to do this, you just have to wait until they have cooled enough. If you wait too long, the tarts will begin to stick to the tart pans and they will be difficult to remove. Just keep checking them until you see they can easily be removed without breakage.
  12. Cool completely on wire racks before storing in airtight container or wrapped and frozen.
  13. NOTE: The Turtle Tarts are pictured in the very center of the cookie tray, to the right of the 2 Pecan Tarts on the left side of tray.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 286.71 Kcal (1200 kJ)
Calories from fat 134.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.92g 23%
Cholesterol 29.31mg 10%
Sodium 345.24mg 14%
Potassium 129.3mg 3%
Total Carbs 36.4g 12%
Sugars 16.85g 67%
Dietary Fiber 2.05g 8%
Protein 4.21g 8%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 88.2mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 433.88 Kcal (1817 kJ)
Calories from fat 203.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.57g 23%
Cholesterol 44.35mg 10%
Sodium 522.46mg 14%
Potassium 195.67mg 3%
Total Carbs 55.09g 12%
Sugars 25.51g 67%
Dietary Fiber 3.1g 8%
Protein 6.38g 8%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.8mg 7%
Calcium 133.5mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.6
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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