Pecan Cranberry Butter Tarts

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon brandy to taste
• 1 cup brown sugar 
• 0.3 cup butter melted
• 15  cranberries fresh
• 0.5 cup cranberries dried chopped
• 1  eggs beaten
• 0.5  orange zest juiced
• 15  pecan halves 
• 0.5 cup pecans chopped
• 2 inch pastry tart shells sweetened

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Mix brown sugar, chopped pecans, dried cranberries, butter, orange zest, orange juice, egg, and brandy together in a bowl.
3. Arrange tart shells on a baking sheet and spoon pecan-cranberry filling into each shell about 2/3 full.
4. Add 1 pecan half and 1 fresh cranberry to each tart.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until tart shells are lightly browned and filling is bubbling, 18 to 20 minutes.