Christmas is Coming!!

This is a new Christmas picture of Olivia and Billy. These are 2 of our grandchildren in New Jersey.

I've been getting and making lots of Copy Cat recipes. Here are a few I just received.

--Ruby Tuesday Apple Pie--

1 (9-inch) frozen deep-dish apple pie (double crust orold-fashioned)

1 stick Butter

1 Cup Light Brown Sugar

3 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon

1/4 tsp. Allspice

1/4 tsp. Ground Clove

1 1/2 tsp. Lemon Juice

3/4 Cup flour

1/2 Cup sugar

10 Tbsp. frozen butter

1 1/3 Cups chopped walnutsIce cream (optional)

Let pie thaw at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small saucepan, melt the stick ofbutter over medium heat.

Add 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon,allspice, cloves and lemon juice. Stir until well blended and sugar ismelted, about 3 minutes. Make an X in the center of the top crust of thepie and fold back the crust.Pour the butter mixture evenly into the pie and then replace the crust.Leave 4 vent holes, sealing the rest of the pastry.Bake for 30 minutes.Remove from the oven and set aside. Reduce heat to 325 degrees.Grate frozen butter into a medium-sized bowl. Toss the grated butter withflour, remaining sugars, remaining cinnamon and walnuts.Carefully wrap an aluminum foil band around the edge of the pie,creating a lip to hold topping. Sprinkle topping evenly over pie.Bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes thenserve with ice cream, if desired.

--Sanders Hot Fudge Topping--

1/3 cup whole milk

1 lb. caramels

1/2 lb. Sanders milk chocolate

1/2 pint Sanders vanilla ice cream or 1 cup soft ice cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Place milk and caramels in double boiler, heat and stir until hot, smoohcream is obtained. Chop the chocolate and add it to the above hot cream.Stir until melted. Mix in soft ice cream and vanilla extract, and stir untilsmooth.Variation: Instead of using whole milk, substitute 1/3 cup very strong coffee.

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