Pie Recipes
Macaroon Butterscotch Tartlets
Macaroon Butterscotch Tartlets are filled with a creamy mixture that includes evaporated milk and butterscotch flavored morsels, and paired with the sweet crunch of a coconut crust.
Prep: 10 min | Cook: 20 min | Yield: 12 tartlets
Ingredients
Filling
- 2/3 cup (5 fluid ounce can) Nestlé® Carnation® Evaporated Milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Coconut Crusts
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons sweetened flaked coconut, divided
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 to 2 tablespoons water, divided
Instructions
Butterscotch Filling
- \Whisk together evaporated milk, water and cornstarch and salt in small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to thicken. Remove from heat.
- Stir in morsels, butter and vanilla extract until smooth. For a smoother sauce, strain through metal strainer.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Coconut Crusts
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 12 (2 1/2 inch) muffin cups. Line a small baking sheet with foil.
- Place flour, 1 cup coconut, sugar and salt in food processor fitted with metal blade. Process until finely chopped.
- Add butter and 1 tablespoon water and pulse until fine crumbs are formed.
- Divide mixture evenly between muffin cups and press onto bottom and halfway up sides. Pierce bottom of each crust several times.
- Bake crusts for 15 minutes or until light brown around edges, re-piercing bottoms of crusts after 8 minutes.
- While baking the crust, toast remaining 2 tablespoons coconut on prepared baking sheet in same oven for 8 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Cool coconut crusts in cups and toasted coconut completely on wire racks.
- To serve, remove crusts from pans to serving platter with tip of knife.
- Spoon a heaping measuring tablespoon of Butterscotch Filling into each crust.
- Top with toasted coconut.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: VeryBestBaking.com and Nestlé®
By: Nestlé® Toll House