Pecan Tarts

Ingredients:

Shells:
4 cubes margarine
4 T. oil
2 T. water
2 8-oz. cream cheese
6 cups flour

Filling:
4 T. melted butter
4 eggs, beaten
3 c. brown sugar
1 t. salt
4 t. vanilla
3 c. pecans, chopped

Directions:
Mix shell ingredients together and roll into small balls. Press balls into mini-muffin pans and hollow out shells with fingers. Be careful not to leave the bottom too thin and to make sure the dough rises all the way to the top of the pan. This will avoid filling getting out. This dough makes about 9 dozen little tarts. Mix the filling ingredients well. Spoon into shells to make 3/4 full. Clean up the filling that drips on the pan to make for easier clean up. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes. (The trick is to make the filling and shells come out even.) You can also half this recipe to make about 50. If anyone wants to borrow mini muffin pans to make these, I have some and would be happy to lend them out.

Submitted by Janis Hansen