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Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup butter, softened 3 ounces cream cheese, softened ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup chopped pecans 1 egg 1 tablespoon butter, softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 dash salt

Nutrition Info

105.9 calories carbohydrate: 8.9 g cholesterol: 23.1 mg fat: 7.4 g fiber: 0.4 g protein: 1.3 g saturatedFat: 3.7 g servingSize: - sodium: 61.6 mg sugar: 4.5 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Combine flour, butter, and cream cheese in a bowl. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Roll chilled dough into 24 balls and press into the cups of a mini muffin tin to make pastry shells.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
Mix brown sugar, pecans, egg, butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Spoon 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon filling into each pastry shell.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

24 servings

This recipe for pecan tassies was handed down to me by a great friend of mine.