Welcome to the world of delectable pecan pastry cups! These heavenly treats are a delightful combination of buttery pastry, sweet and nutty pecans, and a hint of spice. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, let us guide you through the journey of creating these irresistible pastries that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you craving for more. From choosing the perfect ingredients to mastering the art of shaping the pastry cups and baking them to perfection, we'll provide you with all the necessary tips and tricks to ensure that your pecan pastry cups turn out flawlessly. So, get ready to embark on a delicious adventure as we delve into the secrets of crafting these extraordinary pastries.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
PECAN CUPS
Rich and crunchy, these little treats are perfect for parties.
Provided by HAYCO
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Pecan Dessert Recipes
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- To Make Crust: In a medium mixing bowl blend softened cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter or margarine until thoroughly combined. Add flour and mix well. Place in refrigerator to chill.
- In a medium mixing bowl combine brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Add egg and vanilla, and blend well. Stir in pecans.
- Pat crust into the bottoms of paper muffin cups. Pour in filling, distributing evenly between all cups. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160 calories, Carbohydrate 15 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 61.5 mg, Sugar 9.1 g
CARAMEL PECAN CUPS
Steps:
- 1.Stir the chocolate and heavy cream in a microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute or until the chocolate is melted. Stir until the chocolate mixture is smooth. 2.Place 1 teaspoon chocolate mixture into each pastry cup. Drizzle with the caramel topping and sprinkle with the pecans.
PECAN PASTRY CUPS
Use these pastry shells to make Cranberry Curd Tartlets. The dough for these little cups can be frozen up to one month. Thaw it before dividing into balls.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Holidays & Events Christmas Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield Makes 40
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Process pecans in a food processor until finely ground. Beat together mascarpone and butter with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Add flour, pecans, and salt and beat just until dough comes together.
- Divide dough into 40 balls (about 1 tablespoon each) and refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Working in batches if necessary, lightly coat cups of mini muffin tins with cooking spray. Press balls into bottoms and up sides of cups and refrigerate until firm, at least 30 minutes or up to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pastry cups 15 minutes. Press down bottoms of cups with the end of a wooden spoon handle, then continue to bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes more. Let cool completely before filling with curd.
PECAN TASSIES
These tarts are very good for parties and special occasions. You'll probably want to double the recipe, because they'll disappear in a hurry! -Joy Corie, Ruston, Louisiana
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a small bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth; gradually beat in flour. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; press evenly onto bottoms and up sides of greased mini muffin cups., For filling, in a small bowl, mix egg, brown sugar, butter, vanilla and salt until blended. Stir in 1/3 cup pecans; spoon into pastries. Sprinkle with remaining pecans., Bake 15-20 minutes or until edges are golden and filling is puffed. Cool in pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Freeze option: Freeze cooled cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw in covered containers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 242 calories, Fat 16g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 48mg cholesterol, Sodium 131mg sodium, Carbohydrate 23g carbohydrate (14g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
TINY PECAN TARTS
These are so easy and melt in your mouth! My brothers request these every year for the Holidays, as well as my family.
Provided by Sandy Greathouse
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Pecan Dessert Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- To Make Pastry: Cream butter or margarine and cream cheese. Add flour and mix well. Make into 48 balls; place one ball in each cup of a mini tart pan. Use your fingers or a tart tamper to press out into a tart shell.
- To Make Filling: Break the eggs, but do not beat. Add sugar, melted butter, salt, vanilla and pecans. Mix well. Fill the tart shells. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until delicately browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 295.8 calories, Carbohydrate 35.8 g, Cholesterol 64.2 mg, Fat 16.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 8.2 g, Sodium 108.7 mg, Sugar 27 g
3-INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER CUPS RECIPE BY TASTY
We've all had our cravings: sometimes sweet, sometimes salty. But have you ever craved both at once? Sometimes you just need your sweet-salty fix and, well, you can count on a Reese's cup to deliver. Or, you can just make your own! With only three ingredients and the simplest of directions, these are way easier to throw together than you might think. Get ready for your very own candy factory extravaganza to begin!
Provided by Camille Bergerson
Categories Desserts
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Prepare a cupcake tin with 6 liners.
- Stir peanut butter and powdered sugar together until smooth.
- Spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of chocolate in the bottom of each cupcake liner.
- Dollop 1 to 2 teaspoons of the peanut butter mixture on top of the chocolate.
- Cover each dollop of peanut butter with more chocolate and smooth out the top.
- Refrigerate for 1 hour or until chocolate has hardened.
- Remove peanut butter cups from the liners.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 303 calories, Carbohydrate 26 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 7 grams, Sugar 20 grams
PECAN CUPS
I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I'm told it's a mini style of a larger pecan pie. Sounds good to me!
Provided by Whisper
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 12 muffins
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
- Cut in the butter or margarine with a pastry blender, blending until it resembles course crumbs.
- Sprinkle in the milk and mix lightly.
- Using a mini muffin tin, press the above mixture on the bottom and sides of each muffin cup with your fingers, as close to the top as possible.
- Beat together eggs and stir in pecans and topping.
- Place 1 1/2 Tbsp of the mixture into crust lined cups.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until mixture is set.
- Store in airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 238.2, Fat 13.7, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 56.3, Sodium 155, Carbohydrate 26.7, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 0.4, Protein 3.8
PECAN PRALINE LACE COOKIES, CUPS, AND CORONETS
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 52m
Yield varies according to shape
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl, combine the pecans and flour. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, and corn syrup. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir the dry ingredients into a pan. Transfer the batter to a bowl and stir occasionally until it thickens into a dough and is cool enough to handle, about 25 minutes.
- With moistened hands, roll the dough into various size balls, depending on whether you're making cookies, cups or coronets (see below). Place on ungreased baking sheets, 3 to 7 inches apart, depending on size-they spread quite a bit. Bake about 12 minutes, or until the active bubbling subsides. Place the baking sheet on rack and let cool until the cookies are firm enough to lift with a flexible metal spatula but are still malleable, 3 to 5 minutes. Working quickly, mold each into shape and set on a wire rack to cool completely. If the cookies get too cool and brittle to mold, put the try back in the oven for a minute to soften.
- To make 9 dessert bowls: With moistened hands, mold each ball using a rounded tablespoon of dough. Place only 2 balls on the ungreased baking sheet. Have 2 small soup bowls measuring 4 1/2 to 5-inches across the top ready by the oven. Follow the baking instruction above. When set but still malleable, lift the cookies, one at a time, and place each in a bowl, nutty, bumpy side up. Gently press the bottom to flatten. The sides will ruffle prettily. Wipe the excess butter off the baking sheet and continue with the remaining dough. If you have more than 1 baking sheet, stagger the baking so that you can mold 1 tray while the other is in the oven.
- Fill with butterscotch ice cream, pumpkin mousse, bananas and cream, or anything that strikes your fancy and goes well with pecans.
- To make 9 ice cream cones: Follow the baking instructions above for dessert bowls, but when you lift a cookie off the baking sheet, roll it into a cone with the nutty, bumpy side facing out, and hold it for a few seconds to set. Lay it on the cooling rack, seam side down, and place a cylindrical object, such as a pill bottle, in the opening to set until you roll the next cookie.
- Fill with scoops of any flavor ice cream or sorbet that complements pecans.
- To make 18 coronets: With moistened hands, mold rounded teaspoons of the dough into balls. Place about 9 balls on an ungreased baking sheet. Follow the baking instructions for ice-cream cones; you're making a smaller version of the same. Repeat with a second tray.
- Fill with mousse, ice cream, or berries and cream. Place a little dab of cream on the plate to anchor the coronets, and place 1 or 2 coronets on each plate with fruit sauce or hot fudge spilling out of the opening.
- To make 24 cookies: With moistened hands, mold level teaspoons of dough into balls. Place about 12 balls on an ungreased baking sheet. Follow the instructions above. When the cookies are set but still flexible, transfer to a cooling rack. Repeat with a second tray.
- To make 24 cigarettes: Follow the baking instructions for cookies, but when you lift a cookie off the baking sheet, roll it around a chopstick or the handle of a wooden spoon. Lay it on the cooling rack, seam side down. If the cookies get too brittle to mold, put the baking sheet back in the oven for a minute to soften them. To dip the ends in melted chocolate, immerse 1 end of a cookie, then the other, shake off the excess chocolate, and dip the end into a small bowl of grated chocolate.
- Lay it on a sheet pan lined with parchment or waxed paper. When all the cookies are dipped, place the tray in the refrigerator for 5 to 10 minutes, just until the chocolate sets.
PECAN GOODY CUPS
These miniature tarts feature whole pecans, a caramel-like filling, and a butter and cream cheese crust that melts right in your mouth. -Janice Hose, Hagerstown, Maryland
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour, beating until mixture forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes. For filling, in a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, eggs and butter., Roll dough into 1-in. balls. Press onto the bottoms and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. Spoon filling into cups; top each with a pecan half. , Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2-3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 97 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 21mg cholesterol, Sodium 38mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (7g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
PECAN GOODY CUPS
Make and share this Pecan Goody Cups recipe from Food.com.
Provided by FloridaGrl
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large mixing bowl,cream butter and cream cheese. Gradually add flour, beating until mixture forms a ball. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- For filling, in a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, eggs and butter. Set aside.
- Roll dough into 48 balls. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. Spoon a scant teaspoon of filling into each cup. Top each with a pecan half. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 2-3 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Tips:
- Use a food processor to finely chop the pecans for a smoother filling.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can chop the pecans by hand, but make sure they are very finely chopped.
- Be careful not to overmix the dough, as this will make it tough.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes before rolling it out, as this will make it easier to work with.
- If the dough is too sticky to work with, you can add a little more flour.
- Be careful not to overfill the pastry cups, as they will puff up during baking.
- Bake the pastry cups until they are golden brown, about 15-20 minutes.
- Let the pastry cups cool completely before filling them.
- You can fill the pastry cups with any type of filling you like, such as chocolate, vanilla, or fruit.
- Serve the pastry cups immediately or store them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Conclusion:
Pecan pastry cups are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for any occasion. They are made with a simple pastry dough that is filled with a sweet and nutty pecan filling. The pastry cups are then baked until they are golden brown and crispy. You can fill the pastry cups with any type of filling you like, such as chocolate, vanilla, or fruit. Pecan pastry cups are a great way to use up leftover pecans, and they are also a fun and festive treat to make for the holidays.
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