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Keufels (Original) Recipe

Recipe by: thatscountry

"An Amish take on butter tarts. Very tasty but if you're counting calories, don't try this!"

Directions

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups.
2Mix 1 cup and 2 tablespoons flour, margarine, and cream cheese in a bowl using a fork. Form dough into 24 small balls. Press and shape each ball to form a shell in the prepared muffin cups.
3Mix brown sugar, nuts, butter, egg, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Spoon mixture into the prepared dough.
4Bake in the preheated oven until keufels are lightly browned and filling is bubbling, about 20 minutes.

Footnotes

Cook's Note:
I usually use the regular size muffin tin and make 12 large ones and I use 1 cup of very finely chopped walnuts for a very nutty taste.
I use my food processor fitted with the pastry attachment to mix the dough.

Ingredients