![]() ![]() Postscript: My mom passed away due to complications with colon cancer on Thanksgiving 2014. Fill the tart shells with filling.īake for about 20 minutes or until lightly brown. Sprinkle some pecans into each complete mold.īreak the eggs into medium bowl and beat with a fork for a few seconds.Īdd sugar, melted butter, salt and vanilla. Using fingers, evenly spread the dough into the pan. Add flour and mix well.įorm into 48 balls and place one ball in each cup of a mini tart/cupcake pan. Mini Pecan Tartsġ cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperatureĬream butter and cream cheese together. Reduce heat to 325 F and continue baking until firm (about 40 minutes). Stir in Kahlua, corn syrup, evaporated milk and pecans. ![]() Cream butter with sugar, vanilla and flour. Going back to my momisms, another one is “ Why do you blog? I don’t get it.” I blog because I get to say things like “Happy Mother’s Day” to her online. Instructions How to make Kahlua Pecan Pie: Preheat oven to 400 F. (There’s no need to oil the tart pan - there’s enough butter to keep it lubricated.) And it’s easily finished in two bites. The crust is tender, flaky and truly melts in your mouth. But once they were ready to eat, they’re impossible to resist. Watching them bake and waiting for them to cool was tedious. My job was taking the small balls of dough to create the tart shells and fill each shell with a few pecans which she later topped off with sweet filling. I knew there was a special occasion when my mom pulled out her recipe for mini pecan tarts. ![]() Youll be left wondering how so much deliciousness could be. I obviously got over that.Ĭooking with her in the kitchen was a hands-on-experience. Made just like our world famous, traditional Texas pecan pie. She fostered my curiosity to play around in the kitchen and to stretch my sense of adventure in eating even though I initially resisted. “Don’t eat uncooked rice or your stomach will explode.”Īs ridiculous as these seem, these are just some of my mom’s “sage words of advice.” I try not to laugh or roll my eyes but there’s not denying that my mom is a great cook. “You have carpal tunnel syndrome because you wash your hands in cold water.” Instructions Make the pie crust: Before starting, cut the butter into cubes and set it in the freezer for 15 minutes. “Don’t sleep with your hair wet or you’ll go blind.” ![]()
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