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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/honey-caramel-petit-fours/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/honey-caramel-petit-fours/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "honey-caramel-petit-fours",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/honey-caramel-petit-fours/",
  "title": "Honey Caramel Petits Fours",
  "summary": "Bite-size shortcrust tartlets baked in a mini muffin pan, with a honey and brown sugar filling that puffs slightly and caramelizes in the oven.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [
    "rosh-hashanah"
  ],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 30,
    "cook": 15,
    "rest": 120,
    "total": 165
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 7,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "cold butter",
          "note": "cubed",
          "text": "7 tbsp cold butter"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "text": "1¼ cups all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "egg yolk",
          "text": "1 egg yolk"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "honey",
          "text": "1 tsp honey"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.4,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "powdered sugar",
          "text": "⅜ cup powdered sugar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "honey",
          "text": "½ cup honey"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "brown sugar",
          "text": "½ cup brown sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "large eggs",
          "text": "2 large eggs"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 5.5,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "butter, melted",
          "text": "5½ tbsp butter, melted"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "vanilla extract",
          "text": "½ tsp vanilla extract"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "unit": "tbsp",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "text": "2 tbsp all-purpose flour"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Decoration",
      "items": [
        {
          "item": "white chocolate",
          "text": "white chocolate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "steps": [
        "Pulse the dough ingredients in a food processor until crumbly.",
        "Turn out and knead into a smooth dough.",
        "Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "steps": [
        "In a bowl, mix the honey, brown sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla and flour until smooth."
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Assembly and baking",
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a mini muffin pan.",
        "Flour the counter and roll the dough out to ⅛ inch (0.3 cm) thick.",
        "Cut out circles a little larger than the cups, so they line the sides too.",
        "Line each cup with dough and fill to the top with the filling.",
        "Bake for 15 minutes, or until the filling puffs slightly and the pastry is lightly golden.",
        "Let cool. Decorate with strips of white chocolate, if you like."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [],
  "updated": "2026-10-18"
}