Mini Cranberry Pecan Pies

 Southern Comfort

Pecan Pie is known to be a southern comfort food, right?

These little babies are double Southern Comfort food then!

{Southern Comfort is a fruit spiced bourbon that originated in New Orleans}

Along with Pecans and Cranberries there is even "Southern Comfort" mixed in!

I love that there is graham cracker in each bite!

The perfect snack size!

Crust: Mix 2 cups graham crackers with 8 tablespoons melted butter, oops I almost forgot...add a 1/3 cup sugar.

 In a cupcake pan that holds 12 cupcakes, put 3 Tablespoons of graham cracker mix into each area.

I pressed it in with a small fondant rolling pin, the back of a spoon will work also.

Mix 1/2 cup flour with 1/2 cup Southern Comfort and 3/4 tsp cinnamon.

Toast 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans over a med heat, 

the taste of them toasted makes then so delicious.

Put the toasted nuts in a bowl with 1 1/2 cups cranberries and 3/4 cup light corn syrup, then pour flour mixture on top and stir to coat well. 

It already looks so pretty!

 Put 3 tablespoons filling for each mini pie,

(I use a large scoop,it hold 3 T and makes it easy to portion out the crust and filling as well as cupcake) the cranberries will cook down so it's okay to pile it up.
Bake at 350 for 25 minutes

I cooled them in the pan before removing them.

I then took a firm spatula and went around the sides to make sure they would release easily, they did!

I shared this one, but really no fork is required for this yummy deliciousness!

The tart taste of the cranberries along with the pecan pie taste made it the perfect combination. 

Not too sweet, not too tart!

I had one for breakfast. 

It has fruit in it :)

Southern Comfort has a sweet fruity-ness to it and it compliments these mini pies so well!

These will certainly be making an appearance on the dessert table this Thanksgiving along with

 Cranberry Cheesecake Pie


I've linked my Mini Cranberry Pecan Pies to Tidymom's Love the Pie Party