Tart Shells

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• FILLING
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup pecans, chopped

1. For tart shells, beat butter and cream cheese in small bowl, until smooth.
2. Add flour and salt and mix, until a soft dough forms.
3. Cover; chill at least 1 hour or overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
6. Place balls of dough into cups of ungreased mini-muffin pan.
7. Dip mini tart shaper in flour; press into dough to form tart shell.
8. (Use floured fingers to press dough up sides of muffin cups, if you do not have a tart shaper.) For filling, combine remaining ingredients, except pecans in a small bowl; mix well.
9. Sprinkle pecans into each tart shell.
10. Fill tart shells evenly with filling mixture.
11. Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown.
12. Remove from muffin pan to cooling rack (loosen edges with a knife, if needed).
13. Cool completely.

butter, cream cheese, flour, salt, filling, butter, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla, salt, ground cinnamon, pecans

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tart-shells-94161 (may not work)