Teatime Tassies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Cheese Pastry:
Let cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature, blend.
Stir in flour.
Chill slightly; about 1 hour or longer.
Shape in 2 dozen 1-inch balls.
Place in ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin cups.
Press dough on bottom and sides of cups.