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Mini Pecan Pies

Ingredients:

• Mini Pecan Pies
• Dough:
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/8 cup superfine sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup salted butter
• 1 large egg (I actually used a teeny bit less than one egg because it seemed like too much liquid, so I just beat it with a fork and poured a bit out of the cup)
• 1 teaspoon cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• Filling:
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 Tablespoon heavy cream
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon flour
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup broken pecans

Instructions:

1. Dough:
2. Whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt and transfer to a food processor. Cut the butter into cubes and add to the mixture in the food processor.
3. Pulse several times until the mixture is coarse. If you don't have a food processor, you can use a pastry blender or a fork.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, water and vanilla. Add to the mixture in the food processor and pulse a few times until a dough starts to form.
5. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and form into a smooth ball. Roll it out into a 12-inch log and cut into 12, 1-inch pieces.
6. Roll each piece into a ball and place in the bottom of each cup in a muffin tin.
7. I don't have any sort of kitchen gadget for pressing dough into little tarts so I just used the floured back of my 1/3 measuring cup to press the balls into tart shells. I had to use my fingers to press the dough up the sides of the cups. The crust should come about halfway up each cup.
8. Filling:
9. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
10. Combine the eggs and cream in a 2-cup measuring cup with a spout (you can do this in a bowl, but I thought it was easier to be able to pour the filling into the tarts).
11. Add the brown sugar, flour, salt, corn syrup, and melted butter and whisk together. Stir in the vanilla. Pour the filling into the tart shells, being careful not to overfill them. Sprinkle the tops with pecans.
12. Bake at 375 for 28 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with ice cream!