Pecan Tassies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup pecans coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 dash salt

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Mix all filling ingredients together well
• Using a teaspoon
• carefully distribute filling mixture into pastry-lined muffin cups
• Fill each pastry cup 3/4s of the way full
• The amount needed does vary because there is no standard to the size of mini-muffin cups mine are just about the smallest Ive seen and I use about a 3/4 tsp of filling per tassie
• Bake for 20-25 minutes
• Immediately
• and very carefully using the tip of a pointed knife
• gently knudge out each tassie out of its cup and transfer to a rack to cool
• If they cool in the pan too long
• they are more difficult to remove
• Your first couple may break those are the ones I eat on the spot- the rewards of making them
• but you will soon learn just the right move to remove them perfectly