Cinnamon Chip Gems

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup toasted ground almonds
• 2 eggs
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups cinnamon baking chips, divided

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and cream cheese in large bowl until well blended; stir in flour, sugar and almonds.
• 2 cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
• 3 divided dough into 4 equal parts.
• 4 shape each part into 12 smooth balls.
• 5 place each ball in small muffin cup (about 1 3/4 inch diameter); press evenly on bottom and up sides of each cup.
• 6 heat oven to 375 degrees.
• 7 beat eggs in small bowl.
• 8 add condensed milk and vanilla and mix well.
• 9 place about 7 cinnamon chips in each dough cup and fill about 3/4 full with egg/milk mixture.
• 10 bake 18-20 minutes or until tops are puffed and just beginning to turn golden brown.
• 11 cool 3 minutes.
• 12 sprinkle about 15 chips on top of the filling.
• 13 cool completely in pan or on wire rack.