Pecan Tassies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 3 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 have ready 2 miniature muffin tins with cups that measure about 2 inches across and 7/8 inch deep.
• 3 crust: beat butter with cream cheese until smooth.
• 4 add flour and mix until a dough forms.
• 5 divide into 24 balls.
• 6 with your fingers, press each ball into an ungreased muffin cup, taking care to make a smooth, even layer over the bottom and up the sides.
• 7 filling: whisk egg in a medium bowl. add sugar, butter and salt and mix well.
• 8 spoon about 1/2 teaspoon chopped pecans into each crust. add filling so it comes almost to the top of the cups, making sure it doesn't spill over. sprinkle remaining pecans over the top.
• 9 bake 15 minutes, then reduce oven to 250 degrees and continue to bake until crust is light brown at the edges, 10 minutes. cool.
• 10 when muffin tin is cool enough to handle, loosen cups from the sides of the tin and carefully transfer to a wire rack. cool to room temperature.