Pecan Cups - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1 small (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 c. flour
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 c. finely chopped pecans or walnuts
1 egg
1 Tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream together margarine and cream cheese.
Add flour and mix with fork or pastry blender.
Form into 1 inch balls, flatten and carefully press into 2 small greased muffin pans.
Mix brown sugar, pecans, egg, melted butter and vanilla to make filling.
Fill pastry cups with filling, being careful not to overfill.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Cool for 10 to 15 minutes; cup should then easily lift out of tins.
Store covered in refrigerator.
Yields 2 dozen.