Pecan Tassies

These two bite Pecan Tassies are a popular sweet Southern treat. They’re made in mini muffin pans, making them perfect for holidays, tea parties and any event when bite size sweets are on the menu.

Easy Pecan Tassies Recipe

Pecan Tassies are made in a mini muffin pan and considered to be a hybrid between a cookie and pecan pie. There a bite-size dessert that taste like mini pecan pies. Serve them alongside your holiday desserts, Christmas cookies or any occasion when bite-size desserts are on the menu. How to make the best Pecan Tassie Recipe: Scroll down for full printable recipe card.

• Prepare Muffin tins – Preheat oven to 325°F. Have nearby a nonstick 24 cup mini muffin pan lightly spritzed with cooking spray.
• Cream Cheese Crust – In a medium size bowl use an electric mixer to beat together butter and cream cheese until fully blended. Add flour and ground pecans, mix on low speed just until combined and a soft dough forms.
• Press Crust into Muffin Pan – Press a rounded teaspoon full onto the bottom and sides of the mini muffin cups. Use a small scoop to divided the dough and a pastry tamper or similar tool dipped in flour to flatten.
• Make the Pecan Tassie Filling – In a medium bowl stir together brown sugar, chopped pecans, butter, vanilla and egg until blended.
• Assemble – Use a spoon to divide filling evenly between the muffin cups.
• Oven – Bake per the recipe until the pecan tassie centers are set when gently shaken.
• Loosen the Edges – Run a knife around the edge to loosen and cool in the pan for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

How to Make the Best Pecan Tassies Recipe

• Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Southern Pecan Tassies Recipe: All purpose flour, softened butter, softened plain cream cheese and ground pecans for the crust. You’ll also need chopped pecans, light brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla extract and one large egg for the filling.
• Kitchen gadgets you’ll need: A nonstick 24 cup mini muffin pan or two 12 cup mini muffin tins, two medium bowls, a nut chopper or small food processor, a sheet pan to toast the pecans, hand mixer or a stand mixer, a pastry tamper, measuring cups and spoons and a teaspoon  or small scoop to divide the crust and filling.
• Substitutions: You can use unsalted butter in the crust and in the pecan tassie filling. When doing so, add 1/4 teaspoon salt to the crust mixture and the pecan filling.
• A pastry tamper comes in handy for pressing the pastry into the wells of the muffin pan. You can also use a shot glass for the same purpose.
• The chopped pecans for the filling should be fairly small. The shouldn’t be ground quite as as finely as they are for the cream cheese crust, but smaller so they’ll fit into the mini muffin shells easily.
• It’s worth the small amount of effort it takes to toast the pecans prior to grinding them to add to the crust and chopping for the filling. It adds that depth of flavor that makes these so very delicious.
• To toast Pecans: Spread them onto a sheet pan in a single layer. Roast in a preheated 350°F oven for 6-8 minutes or just until lightly fragrant and golden. Cool completely then proceed with the recipe.
• You can store these Pecan Tassies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. It’s best to store them chilled as they’ll stay fresh longer, for up to one week.
• You can also bake and cool the tassies then freeze them for up to 3 months. Due to their small size they thaw quickly when you need a dessert in a snap.

More Single Serving Dessert Recipes to Make

When you’re hosting or attending a gathering that features a plethora of desserts, bite size desserts are the perfect solution. They allow you to sample more than one dessert enjoying a bite of all that’s being offered. More mini dessert recipes you may also like to try:

• Individual Mini Peanut Butter S’mores Pies. 
• Blackberries and Cream Mini Pound Cakes are topped with a dollop of lemon infused cream cheese.
• Mini Pumpkin Pies are for those who want to sample everything on the dessert table.
• These Caramel Apple Mini Pies are made in a muffin pan.
• German Chocolate Tartlets are cute and super simple to make due to a shortcut hack using canned frosting.
• Scratch made Meltaway Brownie Bites melt in your mouth.
• White Chocolate Mojito Cheesecake Tarts are a two bite delight.
• Mini Chocolate Cream Pies from Recipe Girl.

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• Mini Muffin Pans
• Pastry Tamper
• Nut Chopper
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