Celebration Tarts

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup Hershey's cocoa
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 3 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp butter or margarine
• 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp light corn syrup
• 1 tbsp packed light brown sugar
• 1 tbsp butter or margarine, melted
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• sweetened whipped cream

Procedures

1. Place cookie sheet in oven; heat oven to 375°F.
2. Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface.
3. Cut out 6 circles about 5¾ inches in diameter, rerolling scraps as needed to make 6 circles.
4. Press pastry circles evenly into 4¾-inch tart pans with removable bottoms, allowing pastry to extend ¼-inch.
5. Above edges of pans; set aside.
6. In small saucepan, stir together cocoa, sugar and water; add 2 tablespoons butter.
7. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with whisk, until butter melts and mixture is smooth.
8. Cool to room temperature, about 10 minutes.
9. Spread cocoa mixture on bottom of tart shells, dividing evenly.
10. Spoon pie filling over mixture, dividing evenly.
11. In small bowl, stir together egg, corn syrup, brown sugar and melted butter; stir in pecans.
12. Spoon over pie filling, dividing equally.
13. Place tart pans on preheated cookie sheet.
14. Bake 30 minutes or until set and filling is bubbly.
15. Cool completely in pans on wire rack.
16. Remove tarts from pans.
17. Garnish with whipped cream.