Mini Pecan Pies
The recipe
Mini Pecan Pies
- Prep10 minutes
- Cook20 minutes
- Total30 minutes
- Servings18
Ingredients
- 1 box refrigerated Pillsbury Pie Crust
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tablespoon butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 18 pecan halves
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400° and spray a mini muffin pan with cooking spray.
- Use a large circle or flower cookie cutter and cut out as many circles as possible from the pie crust.
- Gently press the circles into the pan, careful not to tear a hole.
- Whisk the brown sugar, corn syrup, eggs, melted butter and vanilla together, then add the chopped pecans.
- Carefully fill the pies nearly full, but do not overfill. Add one pecan half in the middle of the top of each mini pie, if you wish.
- Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Careful not to overbake.
- Remove and allow to cool before serving.