Recipe - Mayhaw-Pecan Tarts Or Pie

3 ounce Cream cheese; softened
1 Stick margarine; room
temperature
1 cup Allpurpose flour; may be
slightly more

FILLING
One half cup Sugar
1 cup Mawhaw syrup or melted jelly
One half Stick margarine
3 Eggs; beaten
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
added touch
1 cup Pecans; chopped

For Crust: Blend cream cheese and margarine; stir in flour and mix until
smooth. Form into ball. Use fingers to press Three fourths inch marblesized portions
into small muffin tins. Fill with filling and bake. Yields 48 thin pastry
shells.

For Filling: Mix sugar, syrup and margarine and heat on low until sugar is
dissolved. Gradually add warm mixture to beaten eggs and vanilla.

To Prepare: For tarts, put a few chopped pecans in unbaked tart shells and
pour mixture over them until 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.
For a pie, add pecans last and pour into pastry shell. Bake as usual.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #194

Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 18:00:29 0500

From: Jackie Bordelon jbord@premier.net