Coconut-Pecan Cookie Tarts

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter softened
• 6 ounce cream cheese softened
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 cup coconut or sweetened flaked

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; stir in coconut. Gradually add flour to butter mixture, beating at low speed after each addition.
2. Shape dough into 36 balls; chill 1 hour.
3. Place dough balls in lightly greased miniature muffin pans, shaping each into a thick shell. Spoon Pecan Filling evenly into tart shells.
4. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes; reduce heat to 250, and bake 10 more minutes or until filling is set. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.
5. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.