About 2 1/2 hours before serving
1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl knead flour, 4 Tbsp butter or margerine and 3 Tbsp sugar until blended. Press dough pieces into bottoms and up sides of sixteen 1 3/4 inch muffin-pan cups.
2. In 1 quart saucepan over low heat, melt 1 Tbsp butter or margerine. Remove from heat. stir in corn syrup, vanilla extract, egg and 1 Tbsp sugar.
3. Sprinkle pine nuts in pastry cups, spon corn-syrup mixture on top. Bake cookies about 25 minutes or until crust is browned and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
4. Cool 5 minutes remove with knife and place on wire rack to cool completely. |