Pampered Chef Pecan Tassies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

for shell
1/2 cup butter (softened)
3 ounces cream cheese (softened)
1 cup all-purpose flour
for filling
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup brown sugar (packed)
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup pecan halves (finely chopped)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350.
For shells, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended, add flour, mix until soft dough forms.
Using small scoop, shape dough into 1 inch balls, place into ungreased cups of mini muffin pan.
Dip mini tart shaper in flour, press into dough with even pressure until dough rises slightly above rim of pan (dip in flour and repeat for all remaining cups).
For filling, melt butter in microwave (about 30 seconds), stir in brown sugar, egg, and vanilla.
Finely chop pecans, add to mixture, mix well.
Using small scoop, fill each shell with a level scoop of filling (do not overfill).
Bake 20-25 minutes (until light golden brown), remove pan from oven, cool in pan for 3 minutes, transfer to cooling rack, cool completely.