Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• ⅔ cup pecans
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ cup Splenda
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Method

Preheat oven to 325.

Mix together butter, cream cheese and flour. Divide dough and press into 24 tart tins or tiny muffin pans. Set aside.

Blend egg, pecans, sugar, Splenda and vanilla together.

Fill tins with pecan mixtures only half-way or they're run over.

Bake for 25 minutes.

Notes

You can also make fudge tasses or cranberry tasses. Recipes for these fillings follow here.

Fudge Tasses
1/3 C sugar
1 egg -- beaten
1 t vanilla
½ C semisweet chocolate chips, melted
2 T butter
½ C pecans or walnuts

Cranberry Tasses
1 egg, beaten
¾ C brown sugar (use ¼ C splenda & 1/2 C brn sugar)
1 T soft or melted butter
1 t grated orange rind
1/2 C chopped pecans
1/2 C chopped fresh cranberries

Categories

Baked Goods, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Desserts, Pastries, Tarts

Keywords

christmas sweets dessert