Teatime Tassies

Teatime tassies are a new recipe that I recently discovered. The recipe is one by my great aunt Lois and resembles a miniature pecan pie. I like it because it satisfies my sweet tooth but also has enough substance to it that I don't crave more. It is fairly labor intensive for what is essentially a cookie though so keep that in mind before you start.

You will need the following.

The Crust:

6 oz cream cheese

2 c flour

1 c butter

The Filling: 

1 1/2 c brown sugar

2 Tb soft butter

2 eggs

2 t vanilla

1 c pecans (chopped finely)

Cream the butter, cream cheese and flour in a bowl. Then, shape it into a ball and chill in the refrigerator for an hour.

While the dough is chilling, chop the pecans finely. Then mix half of  the pecans with the brown sugar (half will go on top as a topping). Crack the eggs over the mixture. Once those are beaten in, add the softened butter.

Shape the dough into 1 inch balls (the recipe claims that  it makes four dozen but how you can get above two is beyond me). Press them into a muffin pan. Then, pour in the filling and  sprinkle pecans on top. 

Bake at 350^o for 15-17 minutes and then at 250^o for 10 minutes. Cool before removing from pan.

I recommend having these with a nice hot cup of tea or lion's milk.