Pecan Tassies

113 Reviews

Prep: 25 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 40 min

“These little tarts are a great hit - and look beautiful on a holiday tray!” - by Carla

Ingredients

2 cups margarine
4 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

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Original recipe yields 5 dozen

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, mix together the margarine and cream cheese until well blended. Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, until the mixture forms a smooth dough. Roll into small balls, and press into the bottoms and sides of tart pans or mini muffin pans.
In another bowl, mix together the eggs, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and salt. Stir in the pecans. Use a spoon to fill each of the crusts 2/3 full with the filling mixture.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, until shell is light brown, and the filling has puffed up. Cool, and carefully remove from pans.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (60 total)

Calories
166 cal
8%

Fat
10.8 g
17%

Carbs
16 g
5%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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nbgirl32

Nov. 2, 2007

"These are my favorite cookies to make during Christmas time. I do use real butter instead of margarine though, as everyone seems to prefer it. Also, to save time, after rolling the dough into balls ..." See moreand placing them into mini muffin tins, I wrap a plastic sandwich bag around a wine cork or the top of an empty small water bottle and press this into each ball. After that, I only need to do a little reshaping before pouring the filling in. "

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Lulu K.

May. 28, 2007

"These are absolutely delectable! However, it took me over two hours to make them all (and I had 4 pans!). And just a tip-- this recipe made more like 7 or 8 dozen. Also, I would highly recommend being..." See more careful not to overfill them. If the filling overflows it is a huge pain to remove them from the pans!"

KAREN COMPAS

Dec. 8, 2003

"I have to say this is my husband and I's new favorite cookie recipe. These are so good! Just a warning to first time baker's of Pecan Tassies, they are very labor intensive! I would definitely recomme..." See morend having more than 2 mini muffin tins to make these! They are well worth the hard work!"

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