Mayhaw-pecan tarts or pie

48 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 ounces Cream cheese -- softened
1 Stick margarine -- room
Temperature
1 cup All-purpose flour -- may be
Slightly more
Filling----
½ cup Sugar
1 cup Mawhaw syrup or melted
Jelly
½ Stick margarine
3 Eggs -- beaten
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
Added touch--
1 cup Pecans -- chopped

Directions

For Crust: Blend cream cheese and margarine; stir in flour and mix until smooth. Form into ball. Use fingers to press ¾ inch marble-sized portions into small muffin tins. Fill with filling and bake. Yields

48 thin pastry shells.

For Filling: Mix sugar, syrup and margarine and heat on low until sugar is dissolved. Gradually add warm mixture to beaten eggs and vanilla.

To Prepare: For tarts, put a few chopped pecans in unbaked tart shells and pour mixture over them until ⅔ full. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes. For a pie, add pecans last and pour into pastry shell. Bake as usual.

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