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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 10 |
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If you love all that is wonderful about the holidays, i. pecans, cookies and pumpkins, this is the dessert for you. And I did, and they were delicious. Recipe courtesy of Sunny Anderson from an episode of Cooking for Real . As Sunny noted on the show, be sure to keep all ingredients for the cookie crust (excluding the water. ) in the freezer prior to dough assembly; this will ensure a light and delectable finish. Ingredients:
1/4 cup pecans |
1/4 cup sugar |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra |
all-purpose flour, for shaping dough |
6 tablespoons butter |
2 -3 tablespoons water |
1 egg |
1 egg yolk |
1/2 cup dark corn syrup |
1 tablespoon granulated sugar |
1/2 cup canned pumpkin |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1/4 cup pecans, chopped, plus |
24 pecan halves, for garnish |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Spray the bottoms and sides of the mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
3. For the dough:.
4. In a food processor, pulse pecans with the sugar, salt, and flour, until the nuts are ground and the ingredients are combined.
5. Add in butter and pulse until dough resembles coarse meal.
6. Slowly pour in ice water through the feed tube one tablespoon at a time as needed, pulsing, until the dough comes together.
7. Remove from processor bowl onto clean work surface sprinkled with flour. Form dough into a ball and divide evenly into 24 pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and evenly press into each cup, until the bottom is covered.
8. Bake 15 to 18 minutes, until the crusts are very golden, but not overly brown.
9. For the filling: In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and yolk with the corn syrup, sugar, pumpkin filling and vanilla. Stir in the chopped pecans.
10. Remove dough from oven and spoon 1 tablespoon of the filling into each cup. Top each with 1 pecan half.
11. Return the pans to the oven and continue baking, for 12 to 15 minutes more, until the pumpkin filling is set. Allow to cool before removing from the pans.
12. Run knife around edge of muffin tins to remove pies. Enjoy!
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