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Pecan Tassies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. butter
1 c. flour
1 egg
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 T. butter, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
dash of salt
2/3 c. coarsely chopped pecans
Directions:
Directions:
Cheese Pastry: Let cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature; blend together. Stir in flour. chill about 1 hour. Shape into 2 dozen 1" balls. Place in ungreased 1 3/4" mini muffin pans. Press dough evenly against bottoms and up the sides of each.
Pecan Filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, 1 T. butter, vanilla and salt just until smooth. Divide half the pecans among the pastry lined pans. Add egg mixture and top with remaining pecans. Bake in slow 325º oven for 25 minutes or until filling is set. Cool before removing from pans.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
When I used to make a lot of goodies for my Christmas tray I always made these. The cream cheese pastry melts in your mouth. They are like little mini bite-size pecan pies.

 

 

 

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