Ingredients:
• 750g Cream cheese
• 1 Cup margarine or butter, softened
• 2 Cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. Ground cinnamon
• 3/4 Cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 tsp. Lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp. Grated lemon peel
• 1/2 Cup pecan halves, finely chopped
Method:
• Heat oven to 180 degrees C.
• Put cream cheese, margarine or butter, flour and cinnamon in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer.
• Shape dough into 36 2,5cm balls.
• Press balls on bottom and sides of 36 muffin-pan cups; set aside.
• In a small bowl, with electric mixer beat brown sugar, eggs, lemon juice and lemon peel until smooth.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spoon mixture evenly into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake at 180 degrees C for 20 to 25 min. or until set.
• Remove from oven; cool in pans on wire rack.