Food and Recipes Desserts Cookies Key Lime Tassies Be the first to rate & review! If you love Key lime pie, then you must make these. The best part is they're truly make-ahead: The tart shells can be made and frozen up to a month in advance, and the Key lime curd can be made up to two weeks ahead and stored, covered, in the refrigerator. By Southern Living Editors Southern Living Editors Since 1966, the editors of Southern Living have been carrying out the mission of the brand: to bring enjoyment, fulfillment, and inspiration to our readers by celebrating life in the South. We inspire creativity in their homes, their kitchens, their gardens, and their personal style. We are a friend they can trust, a guide to the seasons, a helping hand during the holidays, and a relentless champion of the Southern way of life. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on November 10, 2016 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Iain Bagwell Active Time: 45 mins Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins Yield: Makes 60 cookies (serving size: 1 cookie) Ingredients Curd 2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 cup salted butter, softened 4 large eggs, at room temperature 1 cup bottled Key lime juice (such as Nellie & Joe's Famous Key West Lime Juice), at room temperature Cream Cheese Pastry 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened 1 cup salted butter, softened 1/4 cup granulated sugar 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Additional Ingredients Powdered sugar Lime zest Directions Prepare the Curd: Beat 2 cups granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition. Gradually add Key lime juice to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. (Mixture may separate at this stage, but will emulsify as it is heated and whisked.) Transfer mixture to a heavy 4-quart saucepan. Cook over medium-low, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and just begins to bubble, 14 to 16 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat, and cool curd 30 minutes. Place heavy-duty plastic wrap directly on surface of warm curd (to prevent a film from forming), and chill until firm, about 4 hours. Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 2 weeks. Prepare the Cream Cheese Pastry: Beat cream cheese, 1 cup butter, and 1/4 cup granulated sugar with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer on medium speed until creamy. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended after each addition. Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls, and place on a baking sheet; cover and chill 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400°F. Place 1 chilled dough ball into each cup of lightly greased miniature muffin pans; press dough into bottoms and up sides of cups, forming shells. Bake in preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove shells from pans to wire racks, and cool completely, about 20 minutes. Spoon about 1 1/2 teaspoons of the curd into each pastry shell. Cover filled shells, and chill until ready to serve. Just before serving, sprinkle filled shells evenly with powdered sugar and, if desired, garnish with lime zest. Note: You will have leftover curd. It is great spread on warm biscuits or scones, as a topping for pound cake, or as a dip for fresh fruit. Rate it Print