Title: Pumpkin Nut Cups
Categories: Cookie
Yield: 1 Servings

1/2	c	Unsalted butter; softened
1		3 oz pkg cream cheese; softened
1	c	Flour
1/2	c	Brown sugar; packed
1/4	c	Canned pumpkin
1		Egg yolk
1	tb	Half and half or milk
4	ts	Unsalted butter; melted
1	ts	Vanilla
1/8	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/8	ts	Ground nutmeg
1/2	c	Coarsely chopped pecans
1/4	c	Brown sugar; packed
1	ts	Unsalted butter; melted
1/2	ts	Rum or rum flavoring

In a medium mixing bowl beat 1/2 cup butter and the cream cheese with electric mixer until well blended. Stir in flour. Divide dough into 24 pieces. Place in mini muffin pan and form into tart shells with mini-tart shaper (if you do not have a little wooden tart shaper-just use your fingers to carefully push dough into tart cups). Bale in a 325° oven for 10 minutes. Combine the 1/2 cup brown sugar, pumpkin, egg yolk, cream or milk and 4 teaspoons butter, rum or rum flavoring, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Spoon into warm prebaked cups. Stir together nuts, remaining brown sugar and remaining butter, sprinkle over pumpkin mixture. Bake at 325° for 25 minutes. Cool in pans for 10 minutes and remove cups from pans. Yum Yum!!

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #3 by joj@mnl.sequel.net

Recipe by: Tootie

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