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Makes
about 1 dozen nut cups
Author Notes
I believe the title says it all. Bad time to submit the best (and easiest) holiday sweet but it is what it is. Mom's Nut Cups. —Canned
Ingredients
- For the pastry
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8 tablespoons
unsalted butter, melted
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3 ounces
cream cheese (room temperature)
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1 cup
flour
- For the filling
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1 cup
pecans, chopped
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3/4 cup
brown sugar
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1
egg, well beaten
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1 teaspoon
butter, softened
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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powdered sugar, as needed
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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Mix butter, cream cheese and flour together until just combined. Roll the dough into small balls - about 1" in diameter and press each dough ball evenly into a small cup muffin tin, making sure dough comes up the sides of the muffin cup.
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Mix pecans, brown sugar, egg, butter and vanilla together. Pour into pastry cups, coming not quite to the top of the cup and bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a rack. Once cool, dust the tops of the nut cups with powdered sugar.
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