Pecan Tassies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 mix all filling ingredients together well.
• 3 using a teaspoon, carefully distribute filling mixture into pastry-lined muffin cups.
• 4 fill each pastry cup 3/4s of the way full.
• 5 the amount needed does vary because there is no standard to the size of mini-muffin cups (mine are just about the smallest i've seen and i use about a 3/4 tsp of filling per tassie).
• 6 bake for 20-25 minutes.
• 7 immediately, and very carefully using the tip of a pointed knife, gently knudge out each tassie out of its cup and transfer to a rack to cool.
• 8 if they cool in the pan too long, they are more difficult to remove.
• 9 your first couple may break (those are the ones i eat on the spot- the rewards of making them!), but you will soon learn just the right 'move' to remove them perfectly.