Petite Deep Dish Pecan Pies | Pie Recipes For Thanksgiving

I oftentimes acquire asked how I learned thus much almost thus many unlike areas of the 'domestic arts'.  My quick respond has ever been watching Martha Stewart, only when I went to acquire this Pecan Tassie recipe from my mom I realized that I should convey given to a greater extent than credit to 4-H!

When nosotros younger, my sister, blood brother too I were members of 4-H.  If you're non familiar with 4-H (attn: metropolis folk...) it is an scheme inwards rural communities that focuses on farming too rural lifestyles.  It is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non known for its livestock shows too its back upwards of most State Fairs, only Jill too I were enrolled inwards domestic arts programs similar Cake Decorating, Floral Design, Woodworking, Gardening, Ceramic Painting, etc.  Doesn't that audio familiar... it mightiness every bit good travel the headers of this blog!  Anyway... dorsum to the point.

Jill won a Blue Ribbon at the State Fair when she was 11 (I think... Jill, practice you lot remember?) for Pecan Tassies, bite-sized pecan pies.  It was a large deal!  The entire identify unit of measurement went to run across her prized Pecan Tassies sitting on display with a large Blue Ribbon.  I wanted to portion a photo, only I'll refrain from embarrassing her both of us.

She made them inwards mini muffin pans, only I decided to brand them inwards regular sized muffin tins for a bigger subdivision - to a greater extent than of an private serving rather than a bite-size.  The lawsuit was a deep dish private pecan pie with plenty of the gooey filling that makes Pecan Pie amazing.  These volition travel a cracking add-on to your Thanksgiving pie alternative - they tin travel made a duo days inwards advance, too!

Petite Deep Dish Pecan Pies
12 large mini private pies

For the Dough:
ane loving cup unsalted butter
half dozen ounces cream cheese
ii cups all-purpose flour

For the Filling:
11⁄2 cups lite brownish sugar
ii cups pecan halves
ii eggs
ii tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray muffin tins with non-stick spray.

For the dough, mix together the butter, cream cheese too flour on depression until all of the flour is incorporated. Cover too refrigerate for almost an hour.

Roll out the dough onto a floured surface.  Divide the dough into 12 balls.  Roll out each ball until it is large plenty to jibe inwards a muffin cup.  Press dough into muffin cups too pinch the tops to create a fluted edge.

To brand the filling, mix together the brownish sugar, pecans, eggs, melted butter too vanilla.  Pour into muffin cups evenly alongside them.

Bake for xx to 25 minutes or until the tops are set. Cool for a few minutes inwards the muffin cups too and then take to a cooling rack to cool completely. The petite pies tin travel stored inwards an airtight container at room temperature.

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