Cinnamon Chip Gems - cooking recipe

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
Preparation
    Beat butter and cream cheese in large bowl until well blended; stir in flour, sugar and almonds.
    Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
    Divided dough into 4 equal parts.
    Shape each part into 12 smooth balls.
    Place each ball in small muffin cup (about 1 3/4 inch diameter); press evenly on bottom and up sides of each cup.
    Heat oven to 375 degrees.
    Beat eggs in small bowl.
    Add condensed milk and vanilla and mix well.
    Place about 7 cinnamon chips in each dough cup and fill about 3/4 full with egg/milk mixture.
    Bake 18-20 minutes or until tops are puffed and just beginning to turn golden brown.
    Cool 3 minutes.
    Sprinkle about 15 chips on top of the filling.
    Cool completely in pan or on wire rack.

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