Fluffy Pumpkin Tartlets

Total Time: 2 hrs 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 (5 ounce) package vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix
• 2/3 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 (8 ounce) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• 1 for shells, cream butter, cream cheese and sugar; mix in flour to form a soft dough.
• 2 cover and refrigerate at least one hour or overnight.
• 3 shape dough into 1 inch balls; place in ungreased mini muffin pan. press dough with a tartlet shaper dipped in flour to form a shell.
• 4 poke shells several times with a fork, then bake at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes until golden. cool several minutes in pan, then completely on a rack. (if needed i reshape the tartlets immediately after baking.).
• 5 for filling, mix pumpkin, dry pudding mix, milk, and spices. fold in whipped topping.
• 6 pipe filling into each tartlet shell.
• 7 keep refrigerated until using.