French Apple Tarts

Submitted by Cristi Hinten

"These are so tasty! Just cannot remember where I found the recipe. This muffin mix is only sold in 1 size which I did not have readily available when saving this. It may be incorrect, but it was required"

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Ready In:: 1hr 5mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 24

ingredients

Pastry
1 (20 1/2 ounce) package Duncan Hines cinnamon swirl muffin mix
1 cup flour
¹⁄₂ cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
Filling
7 cups granny smith apples
3 tablespoons butter
¹⁄₃ cup water
¹⁄₄ cup sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
cinnamon, swirl packet
crumb topping, packet

directions

Preheat oven to 350. For pastry, combine muffin mix and flour in a medium bowl. Place cream cheese and butter in large bowl. Beat on low speed until blended. Add dry ingredients and beat at low speed until combined. Shape dough into 24 1 1/2 inch balls and press into the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased muffin tin. Bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes.
For filling, combine apples and 3 tbsp butter in a large saucepan. Add water, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon swirl packet and crumb topping packet.Cook and stir on medium heat until tender.
To assemble, fill each warm pastry shell with 2 tbsp filling. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly. Cool in pans for 5-10 minutes. Loosen sides with thin knife or spatula; remove from pan. Serve warm or can cool on wire racks.

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Cristi Hinten

Kansas City, MO

<p>Learned to cook from my grandma. She is my kitchen inspiration <img title=Innocent src=/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-innocent.gif border=0 alt=Innocent /></p>

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