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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Pecan Tassies

These little mini pecan pies were a favorite Christmas treat growing up and I still make them every year. It’s hard to eat just one!

Servings: 20 to 24
Cook Time: Prep Time: 30 minutes; Total Time: 40 minutes plus 1 hour chill of dough
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: eggs, pecans

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Ingredients

Dough:
3
oz. cream cheese
1
stick butter or margarine
1
cup all-purpose flour, sifted
Filling:
3/4
cup light brown sugar
1
Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted
1
egg
1
tsp. vanilla
1/2
cup pecans, chopped
Pinch of salt

Directions

Dough:

Cream together the cream cheese and the butter. Add the flour until combined. Chill for 1 hour.

Filling:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Using a mini-muffin pan, fill each cup with a pinch of the dough to create a small pie shaped crust pushing the dough up the sides. Stir together all the filling ingredients and spoon into the dough until it is level with the top of the crust. Bake for about 10 minutes.

 
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