Name: Grandma's Pecan Tassies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: Butter, softened - 1 cup; Cream cheese, softened - 6 ounces; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; Firmly packed brown sugar - 1 ½ cups; Eggs - 2 large; Butter, melted - 2 tablespoons; Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon; Salt - ⅛ teaspoon; Chopped pecans - 1 ½ cups

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Grandma's Pecan Tassies

1. Butter, softened - 1 cup

2. Cream cheese, softened - 6 ounces

3. All-purpose flour - 2 cups

4. Firmly packed brown sugar - 1 ½ cups

5. Eggs - 2 large

6. Butter, melted - 2 tablespoons

7. Vanilla extract - 1 tablespoon

8. Salt - ⅛ teaspoon

9. Chopped pecans - 1 ½ cups

How to cook deliciously - Grandma's Pecan Tassies

1. Stage

Beat 1 cup butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy. Add flour gradually, beating at low speed. Shape mixture into 48 small balls and place on a baking sheet. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

2. Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 2 mini-muffin pans. Press a dough ball into each cup in mini muffin tins to make pastry shells.

3. Stage

Whisk brown sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons melted butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Stir in 1 1/4 cups pecans; spoon mixture into tart shells until 2/3 full. Top with remaining pecans.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

5. Stage

Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Gently remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks, about 20 minutes.