Teatime Tassies

Pastry

• 1 – 3 ounce pkg. cream cheese (room temperature)
• ½ cup butter (room temperature)
• 1 cup flour

1. Blend together cream cheese and butter. Stir in flour. Chill slightly for about 1 hour.
2. Shape into 2 dozen balls. Then press into bottom and sides of ungreased tiny muffin tins.

Filling

• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter (room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• dash of salt
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup pecans (fine to coarsely crushed)

1. Beat together sugar, butter, vanilla extract, salt and egg just until smooth. Divide half of the pecans among pastry-lined cups.
2. Add filling.
3. Top with remaining pecans.
4. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 – 30 minutes in the lower third of your oven, until the pastry edges have browned.
5. Remove from pan while hot and set on cookie racks to cool.