Kathie Lee Gifford's Pecan Tarts

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon oil or 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 for the crust:.
• 2 cream together the softened butter and cream cheese.
• 3 add the flour and beat well.
• 4 mold into mini muffin tins, muffin cups, or any little container [these are best when they are bite-sized].
• 5 refrigerate in pans overnight.
• 6 for the filling:.
• 7 beat egg well and add oil, vanilla, brown sugar, salt and pecans.
• 8 to assemble: put a small ball of crust mixture into each hole of a mini muffin tin and, with a wet spoon, press into the bottom and sides. repeat.
• 9 then fill each shell to 2/3 full with pecan mixture.
• 10 bake at 350º for 25 minutes.
• 11 let cool.
• 12 note: when i feel too lazy to make little tarts, i have made this as a pie - pressing the crust into a 9 x 5 loaf pan or a 9 inch square pan -- and poured the filling in -- and it satisfies the craving.