Butter Pecan Tartlets

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened (or margarine)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
• 1/3 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 36 pecan halves

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400*f.
• 2 in large bowl combine all tart shell ingredients, beat at med speed, scraping bowl often until mixture is crumbly 2 to 3 minutes.
• 3 press 1 tablespoon mixture into cups of mini muffin pans to form 36 shells.
• 4 bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until very lightly browned.
• 5 remove from oven, reduce oven to 350*f.
• 6 meanwhile in a 2 qt saucepan combine all filling ingredients (except chopped pecans and pecan halves).
• 7 cook over med heat stirring occasionally until mixture comes to a full boil 4 to 5 minutes.
• 8 remove from heat, stir in chopped pecans.
• 9 spoon into baked shells, top each shell with a pecan half.
• 10 bake for 5 minutes.
• 11 cool and remove tarts from muffin pan.