PAULA'S EASY PECAN TARTS 
1 stick butter (1/2 c.)
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 c. flour
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. pecans, chopped (optional)
1 c. brown sugar, packed

After the butter and cream cheese reach room temperature, cream together with fork or spoon. Add flour; mix and shape into 24 small balls. Press these balls into small tart pans to form tart shells. Mix beaten eggs, sugar, and vanilla; add pecans. Spoon into tart shells, filling about 3/4 full. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool before removing from the pan. Makes 24 tarts.

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Paula's Easy Pecan Tarts
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 Jujube (Florida) says:
What a pain in the keister! I have made these before but not recently, this time the dough was so uncooperative! I used a small cookie portioner but ended up with only 21 balls, not 24 and trying to press them into shape in the tin was more time consuming than I wanted. I tried to find a gizmo to make it go faster but the dough was too sticky. Next go-round I will add a bit more flour to the mix to get a bit more volume overall and perhaps better handling.
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 Me (Tennessee) replies:
I have read some reviews that say some used roll out pie dough like Pillsbury and cut it and that it worked OK and that some used pre-frozen fillo shells or tart shells. I have not tried either but it might be worth making a small batch like that to see how it would come out...

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