Pecan Tassies – Bite Size Pecan Pies
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Mini pecan pies, Tea Time Tassies, Pecan Tassies - Name them what you will. These perfect bite-size pecan pies will hit the spot every single time!
Serves: 2 dozen
Ingredients
Crust:
- 3-oz. pkg. cream cheese
- ½ C. margarine or butter
- 1 C. sifted flour or Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour Substitute
Filling:
- 1 egg
- ¾ C. packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ - ¾ C. chopped pecans
Instructions
Crust:
- Allow cheese and margarine to come to room temperature, blend together.
- Stir in flour and mix well.
- Chill dough at least an hour to several days.
- Shape dough into twenty-four 1-inch balls, the size of walnuts.
- Place dough balls in ungreased miniature muffin cups. Press dough onto bottom and sides forming a pastry cup
FILLING:
- Beat egg with sugar, margarine, vanilla and salt until smooth.
- Add the nuts to the filling mixture.
- Place about one teaspoon of the filling mixture into each dough cup. Do not overfill cups, cups do not need to be filled to the top. Overfilled dough cups tend to bubble up and out onto the pan.
- Bake at 300º for 25-30 minutes, until golden brown.
- Cool for a few minutes, then remove tassies from pans.
Recipe by DealsFromMsDo.com at https://dealsfrommsdo.com/pecan-tassies-bite-size-pecan-pies/