- 48
3.8/5
(4 Votes)
Ingredients
- Dough:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cup flour
- 6 oz cream cheese, room temp
- Filling:
- 1 cup pecans,chopped
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2 T. melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash of salt
- Powdered sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Gease and flour 48 mini muffin tin and preheat oven to 350. With electric mixer, mix all dough ingredients well. Form into 4 equal size balls and cover well with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator for 1/2 hour. In the meantime, mix together all the filling ingredients, set aside. Take out one ball at a time and divide into 12 small balls. Put each ball in muffin pan and form into sides and bottom making a little cup. Fill each cup with filling about 1/2 - 3/4 full. Repeat with remaining dough. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown. Use sharp knife to loosen cups and take out of tin to cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.