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Dough                                                                                                                                   Filling

3 oz cream cheese                                                                                                           1 egg

½ cup butter                                                                                                                     ¾ cup brown sugar

1 cup flour                                                                                                                        ¼ teaspoon salt               

                                                                                                                                         1 tablespoon butter

                                                                                                                                         1 teaspoon vanilla

                                                                                                                                         2/3 cup chopped pecans

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Mix all ingredients well; chill 1 hour.                                                                        Mix all ingredients.  Spoon into dough shells.  Bake 30 minutes at 325.

Shape into balls.  Press into papers.

(use mini-muffin tins).

This was one of my mother's holidays specialties.   Yum!!