Walnut Cups

Recipe courtesy of gingergrl

These are like mini pecan pies.                         

Preheat oven - 375°

Crust:

• 3 oz. cream cheese
• 1 cup flour
• 1 stick butter

Mix ingredients into a dough.  Make 24 balls.  Press balls into mini muffin pans to form crusts. (I line the pans with the paper mini muffin cups – they have cute ones for the holidays – but  you don’t have to).

Filling:

• 1 egg   
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 tbsp. butter (softened)          
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Combine filling ingredients.  Fill crusts about 2/3 full - do not fill to top or they will bubble over. 

Bake 15-20 minutes until crusts look golden.   

(I usually make double the crust because there is always left over filling).