Pecan Tartlet's

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Ingredients:

     Crust:

1/2 cup butter

3 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 cup all-purpose flour

     Filling:

2 tablespoons butter

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat butter and cream cheese until well blended.  Add flour; mix until a soft dough forms.  Roll into 24 1-inch balls.  Place balls in cups of mini-muffin pan and form into the bottom and sides.

For the filling, place butter in small bowl; microwave on high 30 seconds or until melted.  Stir in brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Finely chop pecans using food chopper; add to filling and mix well.  Using small spoon, fill each tart shell with level scoop of filling (do not overfill).  Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown.  Remove from oven; cool in pan 3 minutes.  Remove from pan to cooling rack; cool completely.

Store tarts in tightly covered container or freeze for longer storage.