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Christmas is around the corner and I'm starting to think about our annual cookie exchange.  This year I was looking for something different and ran across this easy, quick recipe from Land-O-Lakes.   These are yummy and elegant looking -- a great start to my Christmas Cookie Exchange contribution. The original recipe is below -- but, due to my daughter's dairy allergy, I made a  substitution that worked very well.  I use Butter Flavored Crisco in place of butter-- it works very well for a baking substitute -- don't use a dairy free margarine in your baking, they contain too much water and you will not get a satisfactory result. Land-O-Lakes Pecan Tartlets   Save Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 15 mins Total time 45 mins   Author: Land-O-Lakes Recipe type: Dessert / Cookie Cuisine: American Serves: 36 Ingredients Tart Shells 1¾ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened ½ cup sugar 1 Land O Lakes® Egg 1 teaspoon almond flavoring ( I used vanilla) Filling 1 cup powdered sugar ½ cup Land O Lakes® Butter ⅓ cup dark corn syrup (I used light corn syrup) 1 cup chopped pecans Garnish with 36 pecan halves Instructions Heat oven to 400°F.Combine all tart shells ingredients in bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press 1 tablespoon mixture into each cup of mini muffin pans to form 36 (1¾ to 2-inch) shells. Bake 7-10 minutes or until very lightly browned. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees Combine all filling ingredients except chopped pecans and pecan halves in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes or until mixture comes to a full boil. Remove from heat; stir in chopped pecans. Spoon filling into baked shells; top each with pecan...