Ground cinnamon in the cream cheese pastry makes these petite pies something to write home about.
Yield:
2 dozen
Recipe from
Ingredients
3/4 cup
firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup
maple syrup
1 tablespoon
butter or margarine, melted
1/8 teaspoon
salt
1
large egg, lightly beaten
3/4 cup
finely chopped pecans, toasted
Preparation
Combine first 5 ingredients in a small mixing bowl; beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until blended. Stir in pecans. Spoon filling evenly into Cinnamon Pastry Shells.
Bake at 325° for 25 minutes or until set. Cool slightly. Remove from pans, and cool completely on a wire rack.
Christmas with Southern Living 1996,
October 2005
