Light Pecan Tassies In Cream Cheese Pastry

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1/4 cup low-fat cream cheese, softened (2 oz)
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 2 tablespoons skim milk
• cooking spray
• 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 to prepare pastry: combine flour, 1 tbsp sugar, dash of salt in a small bowl. combine cream cheese, butter and milk in large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
• 3 add flour mixture; beat at low speed until just blended and crumbly.
• 4 press into a ball. turn dough onto a lightly floured surface, knead lightly 3 to 4 times.
• 5 divide dough into 24 portions, place 1 portion in each of 24 mini muffin cups coated with the cooking spray.
• 6 using your fingers, press dough into bottom and up sides of cups.
• 7 to prepare filling: divide pecans evenly among muffin cups.
• 8 combine brown sugar and remaining ingredients in a small bowl; spoon about 2 teaspoons filling over pecans in each muffin cup.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 20 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned and filling is puffy.
• 10 cool in cups for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
• 11 run a knife around the outside edge of each cup and remove them from the pan, allow to cool completely on a wire rack.