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Recipes => Desserts => Topic started by: Mommom on July 25, 2007, 05:40:44 AM



Title: Pecan Tassies
Post by: Mommom on July 25, 2007, 05:40:44 AM
Pecan Tassies

From Cookery N’Orleans Style

1 Recipe for Cream Cheese Crust (see recipe for Maids of Honor Tartlets)

Prepare crust as directed and chill.

Filling:

1 ¾ cups packe4d light brown sugar
3 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Pinch salt
2 cups chopped pecans (or walnuts)

Combine filling ingredients in a medium saucepan.  Cook over low heat stirring frequently until melted and well blended.

Shape dough into walnut sized balls.  Pressed into greased miniature muffin tins.  Fill ½ full with pecan mixture.  Bake 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Yield:  3-4 dozen.

Stan loves these!