It’s been way too long since my first Baked Sunday Morning, so we’re diving right back in for 2012 with these Pecan Tassies! Basically what we have here is a super duper cute mini pecan pie, made with an easy butter and cream cheese dough and a brown sugar pecan filling. (P.S. It sounds way more posh if you pronounce pecan like Paula Deen = puh-cahn.)
The original recipe makes 40 tassies, but since I only have two small mini muffin tins (12 slots each), I halved the recipe to make 20. My only issue with these is that I had a lot of filling leftover. I think I would recommend only using half the amount of pecans that the recipe calls for, and just putting a few bits in each tart shell, because mine filled up all the way after adding a little spoonful of filling. Or maybe my mini muffin tins slots are really small? Or maybe my little crusts were too thick? Nothing really beats a slice of pecan pie in my opinion (as the Baked boys say in the book, it has the perfect filling to crust ratio), but these are a cute, portable version. Also, a perfect treat for my Superbowl Golden Globes party tonight!!! More on that tomorrow 🙂
You can find the recipe here!
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Krissy
January 19, 2012 1:27 amNice post. I also had filling left over. We really like these mini pies…we are pecan pie lovers at our house so these went over well.
Elaine
January 16, 2012 9:53 amYour tassies are cute! I had some leftover filling as well and would have preferred these just a little bit larger because there just wasn’t enough room to put in very much filling so the ratio of filling to crust was a little off, but they sure were delicious.
Byn
January 16, 2012 10:32 ami totally agree – if i made these again i would maybe try them in a regular sized muffin tin so there would be more filling. or maybe i should just try making butter tarts!
Susan
January 15, 2012 11:31 pmVery cute! These are my brother’s favorite Christmas treat so I make them every Christmas. So, I decided to make the NY-style Crumb Cake which I’d missed earlier – it was awesome!
Byn
January 16, 2012 10:33 ami haven’t made the crumb cake yet…it looks sooooo good!
Sheri
January 15, 2012 10:25 pmSo happy you’re back with Baked Sunday Mornings! Love our little group. You were so smart to make a half recipe. I ended up with not enough filling and was thinking I filled them up too much. Your plate is adorable.
Byn
January 16, 2012 10:34 amhmmm interesting that you ran out of filling and i had too much!
Bourbonnatrix
January 15, 2012 3:28 pmyour tassies are super cute! i’d much prefer the pie too, but i was an easy enough recipe! wish i had thought to halve it though… good idea!
Byn
January 16, 2012 10:35 amsome of the recipes are so time-consuming and use so many bowls! so you’re right, this one was pretty easy in comparison.
Candy
January 15, 2012 1:35 pmLooks great! Enjoy your party!
Byn
January 16, 2012 10:36 amthanks!
frugalfeeding
January 15, 2012 12:00 pmSo pretty and cute! I’ve never heard of a ‘tassy’, but I shall clearly have to make some!