Pecan Tassies

3  oz  cream cheese
1/2  cup,  plus  2  tsp  butter or margarine, softened
1  cup  flour
Dash of salt
1  egg
3/4  cup  brown sugar, packed
1  tsp  vanilla
1/3  cup broken pecans, plus about 24 pecan halves

Blend cream cheese, butter, and flour. Chill dough for one hour.

Shape into 1-inch balls. Place into ungreased mini muffin tins (1-3/4-inch). Press dough against sides and bottom.

Beat remaining ingredients, except nuts. Sprinkle broken nuts into muffin cups. Top with filling. Place a pecan half on top. Bake @325 degrees for 25 minutes. Run a knife around edges to loosen and remove.