Pecan Tassies (Mary McTeer)

Ingredients

Dough:

3 oz pkg. cream cheese

½ cup butter or oleo

1 cup sifted flour

Filling:

1 egg

¾ cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp soft butter or oleo

dash salt

⅔ cup chopped pecans

Directions

Cheese Dough

Cream together cream cheese and butter (soften at room temperature). Stir in flour. Chill about 1 hour.

Shape in 2 dozen 1 inch balls. Place in ungreased muffin tins. Press dough against bottom and sides ½ to ⅔“ up sides.) (Doubles when using mini-tins.)

Pecan Filling:

Beat together egg, brown sugar, tbsp butter, vanilla and salt until smooth. Add pecans and stir. Place a little more than 2 tsp per tassy until used up.

Bake in slow oven 325º for 25 to 30 minutes until filling is set and pastry is lightly brown.