Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Cookies - Recipe for Tea Time Tassies

Tea Time Tassies

Ingredients

1/2 cup margarine
1 small package cream cheese
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon of soft butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

  2. Mix first three ingredients together to make pastry.

  3. Divide into 2 dozen one inch balls and put into ungreased muffin pans.

  4. Flatten pastry with hands to make lining easier.

  5. To make filling: mix together remaining ingredients.

  6. Pour filling into unbaked shells.

  7. Bake for 25 minutes or until filling is set.