Teatime Tassies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 c. sifted enriched plain flour
1 egg
3/4 c. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. soft butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
dash of salt
2/3 c. coarsely broken pecans

Preparation

Cheese Pastry:
Let cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature.
Blend.
Stir in flour.
Chill slightly, about 1 hour.
Shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls.
Place in ungreased muffin cups.
Press dough on bottom and sides of cup.