Tart Shells

Submitted by Debbie McNair, Makes 24

• Ready In: 2 hrs 25 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• FILLING

• 2  tablespoons butter, melted
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1  cup pecans, chopped

Directions

1. For tart shells, beat butter and cream cheese in small bowl, until smooth.
2. Add flour and salt and mix, until a soft dough forms.
3. Cover; chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
6. Place balls of dough into cups of ungreased mini-muffin pan.
7. Dip mini tart shaper in flour; press into dough to form tart shell.
8. (Use floured fingers to press dough up sides of muffin cups, if you do not have a tart shaper.) For filling, combine remaining ingredients, except pecans in a small bowl; mix well.
9. Sprinkle pecans into each tart shell.
10. Fill tart shells evenly with filling mixture.
11. Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown.
12. Remove from muffin pan to cooling rack (loosen edges with a knife, if needed).
13. Cool completely.