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Mom's Pecan Tassies

Mom's Pecan Tassies is a cookies recipe made with Cream Cheese, Butter, Vanilla, Flour, and Brown Sugar. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 3 oz
• 1 tbsp
• 1/2 cup
• 1 tsp
• 1 cup
• 3/4 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cheese Pastry: Let cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature, then blend together.

2. 2

   Stir in flour.

3. 3

   Chill about 1 hour.

4. 4

   Shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls; place in ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin pans.

5. 5

   Press dough against the bottoms and sides.

6. 6

   Pecan Filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, the 1 tbls butter, vanilla and salt just until smooth.

7. 7

   Divide half of the pecans among the pastry lined pans; add egg mixture and top with the remaining pecans.

8. 8

   Bake in oven 325F for 25 minutes or until filling is set.

9. 9

   Cool; remove from pans.