Tea Time Tassies

1. 1

   Blend cream cheese with 1/2 cup butter; then stir in flour. Refrigerate dough.

2. 2

   Heat oven to 375u00b0.

3. 3

   Shape dough into 24 balls. Place one in each cup of greased mini muffin pans.

4. 4

   Press dough to bottom and sides of each cup.

5. 5

   In a small bowl beat 1 tablespoon butter, egg, brown sugar, vanilla and salt until smooth.

6. 6

   Divide pecans into half.

7. 7

   Use half to sprinkle on bottom of pastry-lined muffin pans.

8. 8

   Fill each with about 1 teaspoon egg mixture.

9. 9

   Top with rest of pecans.

10. 10

    Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

11. 11

    Cool, then carefully remove from pans.

12. 12

    Makes 24 cookies.

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