12 mini nut cups Recipes

chocolate chips (dark chocolate and semi-sweet work best), raspberry preserves, walnuts, finely chopped, raspberries (optional, for garnish ), chocolate shavings (optional, for garnish )

shredded cheddar cheese, divided, pimento-stuffed olives or other green olives, chopped, kalamata olives, pitted and chopped, pecans, chopped and toasted, pine nuts, toasted, mayonnaise, frozen mini phyllo shells

cold cream cheese, cut into 4 pieces, cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, all-purpose flour, salt, seedless raspberry jam , apricot jam or marmalade, sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped nuts (i prefer pecans, but you can use walnuts or almonds), plump , moist dried currants, bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped , or 2/3 cup store-bought mini chocolate chips, egg, cold water, sugar , preferably decorating (coarse)

cold cream cheese, cut into 4 pieces, cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, all-purpose flour, salt, raspberry jam , apricot jam or marmalade(i used the raspberry..very good with chocolate), sugar, ground cinnamon, nuts ( i used pecans but you can use almonds or wal ), plump , moist dried currants( i did not use these), bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped , or 2/3 cup store-bought mini chocolate chips, egg, cold water, sugar ( i used the coarse decorating )

all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, vegetable oil, eggs, chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2 cup walnuts (optional) or 10 tbsp blueberries (fresh or frozen, if frozen, no need to thaw) (optional) or 5 tbsp mini chocolate chips (optional), maple syrup or fruit syrup or warm fruit, compote, fruit sauce , fresh berries or chopped fruit, chopped nuts or powdered sugar or whipped cream, ice cream or sorbet or chocolate syrup or fruited yogurt

cream cheese, softened, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, eggs, sour cream, sugar, mandarin oranges , pineapple tidbits, halved maraschino cherries and/or chopped nuts

flour, sweet butter, cream cheese, brown sugar, vanilla, butter, egg, chopped pecans (or other nut if desired)

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, raisins (optional) or 1 cup dried sweetened cranberries (optional) or 1 cup chopped nuts (optional), canned pumpkin

flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground allspice, salt, pumpkin (or homemade ) or 1 1/4 cups winter squash puree, canned (or homemade), brown sugar , packed, egg, lightly beaten, low-fat plain yogurt, vegetable oil, dates, chopped, pumpkin seeds, hulled or 1 tbsp pine nuts

cream cheese, egg, vanilla, sugar, ground nuts, melted butter (38 g), sugar, cherry pie filling