Pecan Tassies

4 from 8 votes

Pecan Tassies are the perfect bite-size dessert to give you that pecan pie flavor. Mini pecan tassies are the ideal way to decorate your dessert table and serve up for the holidays.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 107.3

Author: Taryn Scarfone

Ingredients

Dough:

1/2 cup butter
3 oz cream cheese softened
3/4 cup almond flour
2 tbsp coconut flour

Filling:

2 eggs
1/2 cups Joy Filled Eats Sweetener (or see alternatives in recipe notes)
1 tsp molasses ***
2 tbsp melted butter
1 pinch salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
120 sugar free chocolate chips optional (about 1 cup, 5 per tart)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Pastry

Line a mini tart pan with aluminum liners sprayed with cookie spray or grease it very well. These can stick.
Cream butter and cream cheese. Add flours and mix well.
Make into 24 balls; place one ball in each cup of a mini tart pan. Use your fingers, a measuring teaspoon, or a tart tamper to press out into a tart shell.
Divide pecans and chocolate chips (if using) into each cup.

Filling

Preheat oven to 350.
Put the eggs, sweetener, molasses, melted butter, salt, and vanilla into a medium bowl. Mix well.
Fill the tart shells. I put 1.5-2 teaspoons onto each. Bake for about 20-30 minutes or until lightly browned.

Notes

This crust can be a bit tricky to work with. If you don't have a nonstick pan and grease it well (or use liners) it will stick. I highly recommend using aluminum liners and spraying them with cooking spray.

*** I get a lot of comments from my low carb readers on the use of molasses. I use it for flavor, not sweetness. One teaspoon of molasses has 5 grams of carbs. This recipe uses 1 tsp divided by 24 servings. That is less than .25 grams of carbs from the molasses. If you prefer you can just omit it.

Notes on Sweeteners:

I use my own blend of xylitol, erythritol, and stevia in my recipes. This is twice as sweet as sugar. It is comparable to Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet and Truvia.

To sub in Swerve or Lakanto Monk Fruit use 1.5 times the amount of sweetener called for.

To sub in Pyure or Trim Healthy Mama Super Sweet use half the amount of sweetener called for.

Substitutions will work in most recipes. They may not work in candies, such as caramel.

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