Orange Pecan Tassies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons grated orange rind
• 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• 2 gradually add flour, beating at low speed just until blended.
• 3 wrap dough in wax paper, and chill at least 2 hours.
• 4 divide dough in half.
• 5 divide each half of dough into 24 balls.
• 6 flatten each ball with palmof your hand, and place in lightly greased miniature muffin pans (1 3/4 inch).
• 7 shape each into a shell.
• 8 cover and chill until ready to fill and bake.
• 9 for filling: mix together the 3 large eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup light corn syrup, 2 tablespoons grated orange rind and 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice; blend until smooth. sit in the 3 tablespoons of melted butter, 1 teaspooon vanilla extract and the 1 cup of finely chopped pecans. spoon filling evenly into pastry cups, filling three-fourths full. bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes or until set. cool 3 minutes in pans. remove from pans, and cool on a wire rack.