With the holidays right around the corner, here is a five-ingredient recipe sure to please everyone on your gift list or at your holiday cookie swap. It’s Pecan Tassies, those little bites of happiness that we make with our Pecan Pie Mix and ready-made pie crust.

An old Southern classic recipe

Pecan Tassies are an old Southern classic, thought to have originated with Scottish immigrants in the South who were accustomed to small sweets called “Tassies.”

They are loved because they combine the sweet gooey pecan pie goodness with a crispy pie crust — all in one bite.

And best of all — they are easily made with our Pecan Pie Mix, plus can be baked ahead and frozen, then thawed to tote to a cookie swap.

The history of cookie swaps

You might think that the cookie swap — where you bake cookies and bring them to a party and trade with other people who also bring cookies — is a modern phenomenon.

It seems perfectly logical that people today would want a fabulous spread of holiday cookies without spending a lot of time in the kitchen baking them. But swaps, or “exchanges” as they were first called, have been taking place in America for nearly 100 years.