Pecan Tassies in Cream Cheese Pastry

Name: Pecan Tassies in Cream Cheese Pastry
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 79 milliliters light-colored corn syrup; 1 large egg; 1 large egg white; 2 Tbsps fat-free milk; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp granulated sugar; 79 milliliters finely chopped pecans; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Dash salt; 2 Tbsps butter or stick margarine, softened; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Pecan Tassies in Cream Cheese Pastry a try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 79 calories. This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, salt, stick margarine, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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To prepare pastry, lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, and dash of salt in a small bowl.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Combine cream cheese, butter, and milk in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

Milk

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Blender

Bowl

Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until blended (mixture will be crumbly). Press flour mixture into a ball.

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All Purpose Flour

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead lightly 3 to 4 times. Divide dough into 24 portions.

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Dough

Place 1 dough portion into each of 24 miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Press dough into bottom and up sides of cups, using lightly floured fingers.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

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Muffin Liners

To prepare filling, divide pecans evenly among muffin cups.

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Pecans

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Muffin Liners

Combine brown sugar and remaining ingredients; spoon about 2 teaspoons filling over pecans in each muffin cup.

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Brown Sugar

Pecans

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned and filling is puffy. Cool in cups for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Run a knife around outside edge of each tassie; remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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