pecan tassies, barb (and other fillings)
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We made these amazing treats to take to tailgating get togethers when I lived in Illinois. I asked Barb for the recipe, luckily I found it 11.21.20. And she had notes for 2 other fillings...both sound good. But why mess with the original???
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Ingredients For pecan tassies, barb (and other fillings)
- DOUGH
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1/2 cbutter, softened
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3 ozcream cheese, softened
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1 cflour
- PECAN FILLING
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1egg
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3/4 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 Tbspmelted butter
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1 tspvanilla
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1/2 cchopped pecans
- CRANBERRY NUT FILLING
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1egg
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3/4 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 Tbspmelted butter
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1 tspvanilla
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1/3 cfinely chopped fresh cranberries
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3 Tbspchopped walnuts
- BROWNIE NUT FILLING
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1/2 csemisweet chocolate chips
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2 Tbspbutter
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1/3 csugar
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1beaten egg
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1 tspvanilla
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whole peanut or filbert per pastry
- PEANUT BUTTER CHIP FILLING (FROM ANOTHER RECIPE)
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1/2 csugar
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1egg, slightly beaten
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2 Tbspbutter, melted
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1/4 tsplemon juice (i might omit)
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1/4 tspvanilla (i would double instead of using lemon juice)
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1 cpeanut butter chips, chopped
How To Make pecan tassies, barb (and other fillings)
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1Beat butter and cream cheese. Stir in flour. Cover and chill 1 hour until dough is easy to handle. Shape into 1" balls. Press into bottom and up sides of ungreased mini muffin cups (1 3/4"). Fill each muffin cup with 1 ROUNDED TSP of desired filling. Bake at 325 degrees 25-30 min or until done. Cool slightly in pan. Remove. Cool completely.
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2Pecan Filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter and vanilla. Stir in pecans.
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3Cranberry Nut Filling: Beat together egg, brown sugar, butter and vanilla. Stir in cranberries and walnuts.
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4Brownie Nut Filling: In small saucepan, heat and stir chips and butter over low heat until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla. Place one whole nut inside each pastry shell. Top with 1 rounded tsp chocolate mixture.
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5Peanut Butter Chip Filling: Combine sugar, egg, melted butter, lemon juice and vanilla in med bowl, stir smooth. Add chopped peanut butter chips. NOTE: this recipe calls for the dough to be filled 3/4 full, and baked at 350 degrees 20-25 min. Test on our recipe to see if you can do at the same temp as our recipe with our dough.
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