Tiny Pecan Pies
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 55 mins
Serves: 24
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup flour, sifted
- 1 egg
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2⁄3 cup pecans, in pieces (Try Diamond of California Nuts)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325*F.
- Mix cream cheese and butter together.
- Stir in flour.
- Chill dough for 1 hour.
- Shape dough into 24 balls and place in 24 muffin tins.
- Press dough into regular muffin tins, working it up the sides and into the bottom.
- *Note: Mini muffin tins can be used but you may need to reduce the cooking time.
- Sprinkle 1/2 of the pecans into the bottom of the dough lined muffin cups.
- Beat together egg, 1 Tablespoon of butter, brown sugar, salt and vanilla until smooth.
- Spoon filing over the pecans in the muffin cups.
- Top with remaining pecans.
- Bake at 325*F. for 25 minutes or until set.
- Cool completely before removing from muffin tins.
- Make about 24 tiny pecan pies.
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