Coconut Tassies Recipe
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Recipe By Inn & Spa at Cedar Falls
Tart Shell1 2/3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lime rind
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut up, chilled
2 large egg yolksFilling
2 large egg whites
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons lime juice
¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
3 tablespoons chopped green cherriesHeat oven to 325*
Tart Shell: In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, rind and salt. With pastry blender, cut in butter until crumbs form. Stir in yolks until blended. Work with hands to form ball. For each tassie, roll one rounded teaspoon dough into a ball. Press in bottom and sides of 1 ¾-inch muffin tin.
Filling: In large bowl, using a fork beat eggs whites slightly. Stir in cornstarch, lime juice and condensed milk until blended. Stir in coconut and cherries. Spoon 1 rounded teaspoon into each prepared tart shell.
Bake in 325* oven 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cool on rack 10 minutes. Gently remove from pan to rack. Cool. This makes 32 coconut tassies.
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