Brownie Tassies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup butter, cold, cut in pieces
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 dash salt
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 to prepare pastry, place flour in large bowl, cut in cream cheese and butter.continue to mix until dough can be shaped in a ball.
• 2 wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
• 3 shape chilled dough in 1" balls.press each ball into ungreased tassie pan.(miniature muffin tins) press in shape --
• 4 prepare oven to 350*.
• 5 to prepare filling, melt butter and chocolate.in heavy pan over low heat.remove from heat, blend in sugar, vanilla, eggs and salt.beat until thick --
• 6 stir in pecans.spoon about 1 tsp filling into each pastry shell.
• 7 bake at 350* 20-25 minutes -- or lightly browned.and filling is set.
• 8 cool in pans on wire rack --
• 9 remove from pans -- makes about 5 dozen cookies.