I’d like to thank my Dear Friend Jean, who just made my life miserable by telling me about these Mini Pastry cups.  Her sister told her about them.  She does lots of large events, so for her these are fabulous.  What I forgot about is that I no longer cater big parties…..so 160 of these little treasures completely bewildered me.  I figured I could give some to my kids, but nobody wanted them.  So, I had to set out  on a search for an appropriate filling.   Jean’s recipe for little onion tarts was just fabulous.  (I lost it the recipe,  but it is basically cream, eggs cheese and caramelized onions).  However,  you can only eat so many onion tarts!  Pecan Pies, on the other hand…..

This recipe made 92 tiny pecan pies! (the following is a standard Pecan Pie filling for one 9″ pie).   The pies freeze beautifully, so if you come over to my house anytime in the next 2 years you will probably enjoy some.  Good thing I’m going to a big Easter Picnic.  I will take about 50 there…..Maybe my next door neighbor with her 6 kids can help…..”Hey, Beckie!!!”

HAPPY LITTLE PECAN PIES

3 beaten eggs

1 cup lite or dark Karo syrup

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 stick melted butter

1 Tbs. pure vanilla

1 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Mix all and put about one tsp. in each pastry cup.  The ones I bought were so sturdy (they are already baked), that I didn’t even need to put them in small cupcake holders.  They stood on their own.  AND, I filled them to the top.  Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes.