Thursday, 20 August 2015

Relaxing and enjoyable afternoon with Brixham WI!

Thanks to Sandy's hospitality we were able to enjoy an indoor garden party! It had stopped raining, but was very grey, so we opted for an inside event! The table was spread with gorgeous food and there was lashings of tea on offer (thank you Sandy, Barbara and anyone else who was serving tea!) we had plenty of time to chat and enjoy each other's company, not to mention browsing the sale table. A big thank you also to the washing up volunteers, including Chris, only at her second WI event and already mucking in!
Our attention was drawn to two dates: Kingswear WI cream tea held on WI day, 16th September and the county Christmas shopping trip to Cheltenham on 3rd December.

Summer garden party recipe

Pecan Tassies

Tart Shells

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

3 oz cream cheese, softened

1 cup Plain flour

Filling

2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup pecan halves, finely chopped

Icing sugar (optional)

1: Preheat oven to 350°F. For tart shells, beat butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add flour; mix until a soft dough forms.
2: shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls of dough into ungreased cups of a 24 cup mini muffin pan. Dip a tart shaper in flour; press into dough with even pressure until dough rises slightly above rim of pan. (Or use fingers to squish dough to form a cup!)
3: For filling, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Finely chop pecans and add to mixture, stir well.
4: Put filling into each tart shell (do not overfill). Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from oven; cool in pan 3 minutes. Remove from pan to cool completely. Sprinkle with icing sugar, if desired.