pecan cranberry butter tarts

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 orange, zested and juiced
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon , or to taste
• 15 (2 inch) sweetened pastry tart shells
• 15 pecan halves
• 15 fresh cranberries

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• mix brown sugar, chopped pecans, dried cranberries, butter, orange zest, orange juice, egg, and together in a bowl.
• arrange tart shells on a baking sheet and spoon pecan-cranberry filling into each shell about 2/3 full. add 1 pecan half and 1 fresh cranberry to each tart.
• bake in the preheated oven until tart shells are lightly browned and filling is bubbling, 18 to 20 minutes.