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Christmas
Special Pecan
Tassies Crust
1 cup butter, softened
2 - 3 oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
2 cups flour, sifted
1/2 cup sugar
Blend
butter and cream cheese. Add flour gradually, mixing
thoroughly. Work into a smooth dough with fingers. Shape
into small balls (about 1/4 inch diameter). Put each ball in
small muffin tin and with thumb mash gently into a shell. Fill
pecan filling. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Reduce oven
temperature to 250 and bake 10 more minutes.
Pecan
Filling
2 eggs, beaten slightly
1
& 1/2 cups brown sugar
2
tablespoons butter, melted
dash of salt
1 cup chopped
Deep South
Pecans
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Beat
eggs slightly and gradually beat in brown sugar, salt. and vanilla.
Sprinkle half of the pecans over the dough in the muffin tins.
Pour in brown sugar mixture filling muffin tins not quite
full. Sprinkle with remaining pecans.
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Mock
Toffee
35
saltine crackers
1 cup butter
1 cup brown
sugar
2 cups
semi-sweet chocolate
1 cup Deep South
Pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cover cookie sheet with foil, then spray with oil spray on top of
tinfoil. Place crackers on foil to fill tray. Heat
butter until melted. Add brown sugar & stir, continue
stirring till thick. Pour over crackers. Bake 17-20
minutes. Should bubble not burn. Sprinkle chocolate
chips over hot crackers. Spread after 2 minutes when chips are
soft. Then press nuts on top. Refrigerate for 1 hour,
then break into pieces. Makes 2 dozen. An
instant hit with kids and adults.
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