Pecan Tassies

[homecook]

Pecan Tassies

1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2/3 cup pecans, chopped
1 large egg, beaten
1 T. butter or margarine, melted
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine flour, butter and cream cheese in bowl and beat well.
Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll into 1" balls.
Press into greased miniature muffin tin, forming a cup. Set aside.
Combine remaining ingredients in small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and add 1 T. to each dough cup.
Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes.

[Chowhound]

Those look great. Are they a breakfast type muffin or like a dessert?

[homecook]

They're a dessert. They're made in mini muffin tins, one bite sugar rush!! LOL

[Chowhound]

Thanks.
I need to find something simple I can bake once a week or so for breakfast. Something on the order of those pecan swirls you see in convenience stores, like 12 for a buck.

[homecook]

Obviously you're not looking for a "healthy" muffin or such. lol

I think those pecan swirls would involve yeast dough, if I'm thinking of the same thing. Let me go through some of my recipes. You may be able to make something using refrigerated biscuits and embellishing them??

[Chowhound]

Muffins are fine, but no, I'm not looking for anything that needs to be healthy. And something not quite as messy looking as Joe's sticky buns. Something I can eat with one hand and steer with the other (lol).

[Big Daddy's House]

That looks good! I think I'll try that soon.

[Big Daddy's House]

Since this thread has started out as a recipe, even though it involves baking, I'm moving it to the Recipes section.

Sorry for the inconvenience.