Mini Cherry Pecan Pies

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• filling:
• 1 (21 ounce) can lucky leaf® regular or premium cherry pie filling
• 24 pecan halves
• crust:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• combine crust ingredients in a large bowl. beat at medium-high speed until mixture is creamy (1-2 minutes). wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• form 1-inch balls of dough and place in mini muffin tins. using your fingers dusted with flour, press dough into bottom and sides of tins. fill each mini pie with about 1 tbsp. of lucky leaf cherry pie filling.
• bake uncovered for 18 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. cool completely before serving. top each mini pie with a pecan half just before serving.