TINY PECAN PIES

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Pecan pie is good in any form... and this size makes it SO easy to just grab and go! With a flaky crust and brown sugar crunchy pecan filling, these mini pecan pie's are delicious. Pecan pie is always a holiday favorite and these are great if you want pecan pie but don't want to make a large pie. They'd make a great hostess gift...

Provided by Kathy Sterling

Categories     Pies

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 c butter, softened
1 c flour, sifted
1 egg
3/4 c brown sugar, firmly packed
1/8 tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
2/3 c pecans, in pieces
1 tsp vanilla extract

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix cream cheese and butter together.
  • 2. Stir in flour.
  • 3. Chill dough for 1 hour.
  • 4. Shape dough into 24 balls and place in 24 mini-muffin tins. Regular muffin tins can be used too (you'll need 12 balls of dough for the regular tins).
  • 5. Press dough into muffin tins working it up the sides and into the bottom.
  • 6. Sprinkle 1/2 of the pecans into the bottom of the dough-lined muffin cups.
  • 7. Beat together egg, 1 Tablespoon of butter, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla until smooth. Spoon filling over the pecans in the muffin cups. Top with remaining pecans.
  • 8. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes until set. If using regular size muffin tins, bake for about 25 minutes or until set.
  • 9. Cool completely before removing from muffin tins.

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