Mini Pecan Pumpkin Pies

Name: Mini Pecan Pumpkin Pies
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter, ice-cold; 118 milliliters dark corn syrup; 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus extra for shaping dough; 2 Tbsps ice water; 59 milliliters pecans; 59 milliliters pecans, chopped plus 24 halves for garnish; 118 milliliters canned pumpkin pie filling; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Mini Pecan Pumpkin Pies requires about 55 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 24 servings with 93 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of salt, sugar, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the bottoms and sides of the mini muffin tins with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Mini Muffin Tray

Oven

In a food processor, pulse the pecans, sugar, salt, and flour, until the nuts are ground and the ingredients are combined.

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Pecans

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Nuts

Salt

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Food Processor

Add in the butter and pulse until dough resembles coarse meal. Slowly pour in the ice water through the feed tube until the dough comes together.

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Water

Butter

Dough

Remove from processor bowl to a clean work surface sprinkled with flour. Form the dough into a ball and divide evenly into 24 pieces.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Bowl

Roll each piece into a ball and evenly press into each cup, until the bottom is covered. If the dough is sticky, dip your finger in flour first.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Dip

Bake until the crusts are very golden, 15 to 18 minutes, until the crusts are very golden. Check periodically to make sure they don't get too brown. Meanwhile, make the filling: In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolk, corn syrup, sugar, pumpkin filling and vanilla. Stir in the chopped pecans.

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Pecan Pieces

Corn Syrup

Egg Yolk

Pumpkin

Vanilla

Sugar

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Oven

Whisk

Bowl

Remove the dough from the oven and spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling into each cup. Top each with 1 pretty pecan half. Return the pans to the oven and continue baking, for 12 to 15 minutes more, until the pumpkin filling is set. Allow to cool before removing from the pans.

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Pumpkin

Dough

Pecans

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Oven