09/01/2026
If you have butter, cream cheese, and pecans—these mini pecan pie cookies bake into rich, golden crusts filled with gooey, maple-kissed pecan filling that’s chewy, nutty, and irresistibly decadent.
Ingredients
For the dough
Nonstick cooking spray (for greasing the pan)
1¼ cups (168g) all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoons granulated sugar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
10 tablespoons (141g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
5 ounces (141g) cream cheese, cold and cubed
For the gooey filling
⅓ cup maple syrup
¼ cup (52g) packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons (28g) unsalted butter, melted
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 large egg yolk
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
¾ cup (88g) pecan halves, finely chopped
Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
How to Make
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 24-cavity mini muffin pan.
In a food processor, pulse flour, sugar, and salt.
Add cold butter and cream cheese. Pulse until dough forms a mass.
Divide into 24 one-tablespoon portions. Roll into balls and place in muffin cups.
Freeze 5 minutes, then press dough into cups, forming deep wells.
Freeze again while you make the filling.
In a bowl, whisk maple syrup, brown sugar, melted butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon.
Stir in chopped pecans.
Spoon a heaping ½ tablespoon of filling into each dough cup.
Bake 25–30 minutes until crust is golden and filling is puffed and set.
Cool 2 minutes in pan, then transfer to a wire rack.
Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
Gooey, buttery, and filled with sweet nutty magic—these tassies taste like tiny pecan pies made with love.
Recipes Hungry.