Pecan tassies are cream cheese cookie dough cups stuffed with chewy, sweet pecan centers. They taste just like a mini bite of pecan pie--heavenly! One of my favorite holiday cookies!
This is normally the time of year when I try to score good deals on plane tickets home for Christmas and Thanksgiving. You would think that buying this early in advance would be cheaper, and it is, but only slightly. However, I’m just a few weeks away from moving within driving distance of my family. Hallelujah!, no more flying home for the holidays. I’m so ecstatic, I can't stop thinking about it.
All that thinking about the holidays made me crave the pecan pie my Dad bakes every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope this doesn’t embarrass him, but my Dad can bake one helluva pie.
Pecan tassies are Southern delights:
Instead of baking a whole pecan pie, I made pecan tassies. If you’ve never had a tassie, it’s a cookie cup with a custard filling. It tastes like a bite of pecan pie encased in a rich cream cheese dough.
Pecan tassies are a classic Southern cookie to bake around the holidays, but what do you do when you crave them in April? Do you make an entire batch of 4 dozen cookies? No way, we make a scaled down version that only makes 8 cookies.
Pecan tassies recipe, step by step:
In case you've never made tassies, I did a little step-by-step of how to get a ball of dough into a cup shape.
After chilling your dough, divide it into 8 balls
Then, using your thumb, press the dough down into the cup and press the dough up the sides of your mini muffin pan. Please note that we're using a mini muffin pan, not a full-size regular muffin pan, ok?
You just made tassie cups! Now, pour in your pecan custard mixture, bake 20 minutes, and enjoy!
Pecan Tassies
Makes 8 pecan tassie cookies.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (plus extra for pan)
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup flour
For the custard filling:
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon whiskey (or vanilla)
- ⅓ cup chopped, toasted pecans
Instructions
- First, make the dough: combine with an electric mixer the softened butter and cream cheese. Add the flour and beat until incorporated. It might not come together into a dough just yet; use your hands to clump it together into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, grease 8 cups in a mini muffin pan with the extra butter, and preheat the oven to 350.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal-sized balls, then press the dough in the cups, as shown above.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, melted butter, brown sugar, whiskey and pecans. Divide this mixture evenly among the dough cups.
- Bake for 20 minutes. The pecan filling with puff up and rise above the edges of the dough. Yummy!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 184Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 46mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 1gSugar: 8gProtein: 3g
Kathryn says
I had pecan pie for the first time last year and I loved it. Definitely going to try these, anything that tastes like pie but doesn't involve rolling out pastry dough is a winner!
Blog is the New Black says
You need to change your blog name to baking for one, because I'd eat every last morsel of these babies!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
What a fabulous, tasty, treat!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
These are so cute and I love cream cheese pie dough! Also so excited for you and your big move:-)
Rachel Cooks (formerly Not Rachael Ray) says
Love it! I just bought a mini-muffin pan and have yet to put it to use...
Jan says
Oh my! I have been craving pecan pie, but sure didn't want to make a whole pie. These look like just the thing and like Rachel Cooks, I have a recently purchased mini-muffin pan that I haven't yet used :)
Ryan @ Spicy Richmond says
These look delish! Need to get a mini muffin pan this weekend!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
I've never heard of a tassie, but I like it just b/c it sounds like sassy ;). So excited for your big move!
Cassie says
Your 8-quantity desserts are just perfect, you genius! I love these. Pecan pie anytime of the year, I will take it!
Laurie says
Just wanted to let you know that I love your blog. You are seriously a genius! I'm constantly thinking... it would be nice to have a recipe for.... and there you are! Love it! :) Keep up the good work and delicious recipes!