Pecan Tassies
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INGREDIENTS
- 3 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1/2 C butter (softened)
- 1 C All Purpose Flour
- 1 egg
- 1 TBSP butter (softened)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash salt
- 2/3 C coarsely chopped pecans
- 3/4 C Packed brown sugar
DIRECTIONS
- To Prepare Pastry:
- Stir together cream cheese and butter.
- Stir in flour.
- Chill about 1 hour, or until dough is firm.
- Shape into 2 dozen 1 inch balls.
- Place balls into ungreased 1 3/4 inch muffin tins
- Using thumb or press, press dough against sides an bottom or each cup to form pastry shell.
- To Prepare Filling:
- Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt just until smooth.
- Set aside half the pecans.
- Divide remaining pecans among pasry shell
- Pour filling mixture over pecans.
- Top with reserved pecans.
- Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven 25 minutes or until filling sets.
- In convection oven bake at 305 degrees for 18-20 minutes.
- Let cook, remove from pan.