For special days I bring you a recipe to create pecan tarts, little, tiny but delicious ones, your family will beg for more once they taste it!
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Servings: 24
Ingredients.
- 1 cup butter
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Preparation.
Step 1.
To Make Pastry: Cream butter or margarine and cream cheese. Add flour and mix well. Make into 48 balls; place one ball in each cup of a mini tart pan. Use your fingers or a tart tamper to press out into a tart shell.
Step 2.
To Make Filling: Break the eggs, but do not beat. Add sugar, melted butter, salt, vanilla and pecans. Mix well. Fill the tart shells. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until delicately browned.