tassies

Name: Tassies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: - 1 stick butter; - 3 ounce cream cheese; - 1 cup all-purpose flour; - 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind; - 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind; - few drops of lemon juice; - 1 egg, beaten; - 3/4 cup light brown sugar; - 1 tablespoon butter; - 1 teaspoon vanilla; - chopped pecans

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Marjorie Milligan

Hollywood, AL

Updated on Dec 5, 2013

An old recipe from my recipe files of the 1960's,

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

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Ingredients

- 1 stick butter
- 3 ounce cream cheese
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- few drops of lemon juice
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- chopped pecans

How To Make tassies

Step 1

Blend softened stick of butter and cream cheese.

Step 2

Add flour, orange rind, lemon rind and few drops of lemon juice.
Step 3

Make pastry into 36 little round balls and put one of each in a ungreased miniature muffin tin. With your thumb spread each around the tin to form a cup.
Step 4

Mix egg, brown sugar, 1 Tablespoon butter and vanilla. Spoon into each pastry cup. Sprinkle chopped pecans on top.
Step 5

Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes or until just done.
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