Pecan Tassies

Name: Pecan Tassies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 24 miniature tarts
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 25 g (1 oz) butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; a pinch of salt; 125 g (4 oz) shelled pecan nuts; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence, if available; 165 g (5½ oz) soft dark brown sugar; 2 eggs; 100 g (3½ oz) cream cheese pastry

Preparation info

Makes
24
miniature tarts

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

Basic recipe: Cream Cheese Pastry

Tassies are miniature tarts, made in this recipe with cream cheese pastry which is very easy to roll out and a very good combination with pecans.

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) cream cheese pastry

Americas
United States
Dessert
Pie
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven with a baking sheet in the centre.

Roll the pastry out as thinly as possible and cut out twenty-four 6 cm (2½-inch) rounds, using a pastry cutter. Line well greased patty tins with