Pecan Pie Cookies

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

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325.
• 2 nuts may be either pecans or walnuts.
• 3 to make crusts: cream butter and cream cheese.
• 4 add flour and mix until dough comes away from edges of bowl.
• 5 make 1" balls and press into a greased mini-muffin tin (making indentation for filling).
• 6 to make filling: beat sugar into eggs.
• 7 add vanilla.
• 8 stir in nuts.
• 9 spoon into shells, filling no more than 3/4 each (filling will rise during baking).
• 10 bake at 325 for 30 minutes.