Tassies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 dash salt
• 2/3 cup pecans, finely chopped and divided
• maraschino cherry, halved (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for pastry blend cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• 2 stir in flour.
• 3 cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour.
• 4 roll into twenty four, 1-inch balls.
• 5 place in ungreased miniature muffin tins or small cookie tarts.
• 6 press the dough against bottom and sides to form shell. set aside.
• 7 in a bowl, beat brown sugar, butter and egg until combined.
• 8 add vanilla, salt and half of the pecans.
• 9 spoon into the pastry.
• 10 top with remaining pecans.
• 11 bake at 375°f for 20 minutes or until filling is set and pastry is light golden brown.
• 12 cool and remove from pans.
• 13 top each with a maraschino half, if desired.