Pecan Pie Tarts

Name: Pecan Pie Tarts
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 355 milliliters packed brown sugar; 59 milliliters butter, softened; 170 grams cream cheese; 2 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 414 milliliters chopped pecans; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

The recipe Pecan Pie Tarts could satisfy your Southern craving in around 45 minutes. This recipe serves 30. One serving contains 150 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Thanksgiving. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, butter, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Mini Chocolate Pecan Pie Cheesecake, Pecan Tarts, and Pecan Tarts.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

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Grease 30 tart tins or muffin cups and set aside.

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Muffin Liners

To Make Crust: In a medium mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup butter until light and fluffy. Blend in flour, 1/2 cup at a time, forming a smooth dough.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

Cream

Crust

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Mixing Bowl

Roll into 30 equal balls and press one into each greased tin so it lines the bottom and sides, like a pie crust.

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Pie Crust

Roll

To Make Filling: In a medium mixing bowl cream together 1/4 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended. Stir in pecans. Fill each lined tin half full.

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Vanilla

Butter

Pecans

Cream

Sugar

Egg

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Mixture will rise as it bakes.

Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

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Let cool in tins, then use the end of a table knife to flip each tart out of its tin.

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Ingredients

Servings:

355milliliters

packed brown sugar 59milliliters

butter, softened 170grams

cream cheese 2

eggs 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 414milliliters

chopped pecans 2teaspoons

vanilla extract

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Spatlese Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 56 dollars per bottle.