Best Crab Tassies Recipes

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13 BEST CRAB APPETIZERS



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Provided by insanelygood

Categories     Appetizers     Recipe Roundup

Number Of Ingredients 13

Hot Crab Dip
Crab Cake Bites
Crab Puffs
Crab Rangoon
Phyllo Crab Cups
Crab Artichoke Toasts
Crab Stuffed Mushrooms
Crab and Bacon Rolls
Crab Artichoke Dip
Cranberry, Crab Meat and Cream Cheese Appetizer
Crab Cake Sliders
Mini Crab Cakes
Crabbies

Steps:

  • Select your favorite recipe.
  • Organize all the required ingredients.
  • Prep a crab appetizer in 30 minutes or less!

Nutrition Facts :

CRAB PHYLLO CUPS



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I always like a little extra chili sauce on top of these easy snacks. If you're out of crab, try them with water-packed tuna. -Johnna Johnson, Scottsdale, Arizona

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Appetizers

Time 20m

Yield 2-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 cup reduced-fat spreadable garden vegetable cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon seafood seasoning
3/4 cup lump crabmeat, drained
2 packages (1.9 ounces each) frozen miniature phyllo tart shells
5 tablespoons chili sauce

Steps:

  • In a small bowl, mix cream cheese and seafood seasoning; gently stir in crab. Spoon 2 teaspoons crab mixture into each tart shell; top with chili sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 34 calories, Fat 2g fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 103mg sodium, Carbohydrate 3g carbohydrate (1g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

EASY PECAN TASSIES



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This recipe for pecan tassies was handed down to me by a great friend of mine.

Provided by alma

Categories     Desserts     Nut Dessert Recipes     Pecan Dessert Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
¾ cup brown sugar
½ cup chopped pecans
1 egg
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 dash salt

Steps:

  • Combine flour, butter, and cream cheese in a bowl. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Roll chilled dough into 24 balls and press into the cups of a mini muffin tin to make pastry shells.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Mix brown sugar, pecans, egg, butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Spoon 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon filling into each pastry shell.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 105.9 calories, Carbohydrate 8.9 g, Cholesterol 23.1 mg, Fat 7.4 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.7 g, Sodium 61.6 mg, Sugar 4.5 g

PECAN TASSIES



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These little tarts are a great hit - and look beautiful on a holiday tray!

Provided by Carla A.

Categories     Desserts     Pies     Pecan Pie Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 60

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 cups margarine
4 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 eggs
2 ½ cups packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
1 ½ cups chopped pecans

Steps:

  • 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 Facts : Calories 166 calories, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 17.1 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.9 g, Sodium 97.2 mg, Sugar 9.1 g

GRANDMA'S PECAN TASSIES



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My grandma used to make these every Christmas. She passed the torch to me, and now my family asks me to make these every Christmas. They are delectable.

Provided by Brandi Rose

Categories     Desserts     Nut Dessert Recipes     Pecan Dessert Recipes

Time 2h15m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups chopped pecans

Steps:

  • Combine 1 cup butter and cream cheese in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add flour gradually, beating at low speed. Shape mixture into 48 balls and place on a baking sheet. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease the cups of a mini-muffin pan. Press 1 chilled dough ball into each cup and shape into a tart shell.
  • Whisk brown sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Stir in 1 1/4 cups pecans. Spoon mixture into tart shells. Top with the remaining pecans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookie shell are delicately brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
  • Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Gently remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 114 calories, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 23.1 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 1.4 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 51.5 mg, Sugar 4.6 g

PECAN TASSIES



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These tarts are very good for parties and special occasions. You'll probably want to double the recipe, because they'll disappear in a hurry! -Joy Corie, Ruston, Louisiana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 45m

Yield 2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour
FILLING:
1 large egg, room temperature
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt
2/3 cup finely chopped pecans, divided

Steps:

  • In a small bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth; gradually beat in flour. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; press evenly onto bottoms and up sides of greased mini muffin cups., For filling, in a small bowl, mix egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until blended. Stir in 1/3 cup pecans; spoon into pastries. Sprinkle with remaining pecans., Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden and filling is puffed. Cool in pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Freeze option: Freeze cooled cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 242 calories, Fat 16g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 48mg cholesterol, Sodium 131mg sodium, Carbohydrate 23g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

BEST EVER CRAB CAKES



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These are the fastest, easiest crab cakes I have ever made and some of the best I have ever eaten! Serve with coarse mustard on the plate or your favorite mustard sauce.

Provided by LINDACHEK

Categories     Appetizers and Snacks     Seafood     Crab     Crab Cake Recipes

Time 27m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 egg
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 teaspoons lemon juice
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried tarragon
1 tablespoon minced green onions
8 ounces crabmeat
½ cup crushed buttery round crackers
1 tablespoon butter

Steps:

  • In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, tarragon, and scallions. Gently stir in crabmeat, being careful not to break up meat. Gradually mix in cracker crumbs, adding until desired consistency is achieved.
  • Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Form crab mixture into 4 patties. Place patties in skillet, and cook until golden brown, about 5 to 6 minutes on each side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.1 calories, Carbohydrate 5.7 g, Cholesterol 108.5 mg, Fat 15.2 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 13.9 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 354.8 mg, Sugar 0.8 g

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