Thursday, August 9, 2007

Tasty Thursday: The Cookie Edition


This is my most requested Christmas cookie. It's easy to make and very yummy!


Creamy Caramel Cups

Shells
6 oz. of cream cheese, softened
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups flour

Filling
14 oz. bag of caramels
½ cup canned evaporated milk
Topping
½ cup sugar
½ cup Crisco
1/3 cup canned evaporated milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
½ cup chopped nuts

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. To prepare the shells, combine cream cheese, butter, and flour. Press into miniature cup pans to form a shell. Bake in preheated oven 8 to 10 minutes until light brown. Remove from pans.

3. To prepare filling, place the caramels and canned milk in a microwaveable bowl. Microwave about 8 to 10 minutes on medium power. Stir. Pour into prepared shells and let cool.

4. To prepare topping, combine sugar, Crisco, canned milk and vanilla in a bowl. Mix until fluffy. I use the whisk on my mixer to make it fluffy. Decorate cups as desired. I prefer a cake decorator. Sprinkle with chopped nuts, if desired.

Enjoy!

6 comments:

Summer Owens said...

Sounds divine!

Jodi said...

Yummy!!

Anonymous said...

these sound VERY tasty!! YUM.

Renee said...

Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

These sound AWESOME!!!

Shana said...

Those sound so good!