White Chocolate Macademia Nut Cookies

White Chocolate Macademia Nut Cookies

I'm super behind on posts. These cookies are from Melissa's birthday in October. It was so long ago, I can't remember what recipe I used. Oops!

Thanksgiving Pecan Pie

Thanksgiving Pecan Pie

I'm really behind on posting recipes! This recipe is from Thanksgiving and it's a traditional pecan pie. I accidentally rolled the crust too thin so the bottom crust was a little too thin. I liked the filling from the pecan tassies better than the pie filling and it was easier to make. I'm wondering if the tassie filling would work in a whole pie. The changes I made to the recipe were that I chopped up the pecans before putting them into the crust and I omitted the rum from the filling.

The recipe is from Joy of Baking.

Too Cute Tassies for Two Cute Twins

Little Pecan Tassies

For Stacy and Steph's birthday I made them Pecan Tassies. They are basically pecan pie made miniature in mini muffin tins. I made a pecan pie for Thanksgiving a few weeks later and I actually prefer these mini versions more. It might be the recipe or it might just be because tassies are just so darn cute!

The recipe comes from one of my favorite baking websites Joy of Baking. I followed the recipe exactly and they came out pretty well. I don't think mine are quite as pretty or uniform as the original recipe but tasty nonetheless. It was a little difficult to push the dough into the mini muffin tins and I realized later that it is important to make sure to push the dough all the way down to avoid air pockets in the finished tassies.

Pecan Tassies are a great alternative to baking a whole pie as they are quick and easy to make and taste just as good (if not better) than a pie.