Pecan Tarts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 c. flour, sifted
3/4 c. brown sugar, packed
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
2/3 c. coarsely broken pecans
1 egg

Preparation

Cheese Pastry:
Let cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter soften at room temperature.
Blend with flour, then chill about 1 hour. Shape into 2 dozen 1-inch balls.
Place in tiny ungreased 1 3/4-inch muffin tins.
Press dough on bottom and sides of tins.