Crescent Macadamia Truffle Cups


Serves: 24
Total Calories: 127

Ingredients

FILLING
1 (4-ounce) box sweet baking chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup unsalted butter, butter or margarine
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons coffee liqueur or cold coffee
1 egg
1 (8-ounce) can refrigerated crescent roll
24 whole macadamia nuts

TOPPING
3 ounces (3 squares) white baking chocolate bar, chopped
1/3 cup soft cream cheese
1/2 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F. In small saucepan over low heat, melt sweet chocolate and 1/4 cup butter, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in brown sugar, flour, liqueur and egg set aside.

Unroll dough into 2 long rectangles firmly press perforations to seaL Cut each rectangle in half lengthwise. Cut each half crosswise into six 2-inch squares. Press or roll out each square to 2 3/4-inch square. Place 1 square in each of 24 ungreased miniature muffin cups. Firmly press in bottom and up sides, leaving corners of dough extended over edges of each cup. Place 1 macadamia nut in each dough-lined cup. Spoon about 2 teaspoons filling mixture over nut in each cup.

Bake at 350°F. for 12 to 15 minutes or until filling is set and corners of dough are golden brown. Cool 5 minutes remove from pan. Place on wire racks cool completely. Refrigerate 1 hour or until thoroughly chilled.

In small saucepan over low heat, melt white baking bar and cream cheese, stirring constantly until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

In small bowl, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla just until soft peaks form. Add chilled white baking bar mixture mix at low speed just until well blended. Pipe or spoon topping over top of chilled cups. Refrigerate to set topping. Store in refrigerator.

Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 160 Protein 2g Carbohydrate 13g Fat 11g Sodium 95mg

From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 24
Total Calories: 127
Calories from Fat: 72

This Crescent Macadamia Truffle Cups recipe is from the Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.


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