Pecan Tassies

By Taraespo

Nanny's recipe

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

Details

Servings 48

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.