Holiday Party Appetizers, Cute Candy Cane Owls.

Oh, it can't be Christmas season already,

can it?

This photo is not mine.  

Aren't these cute?!!!

I found them on Pinterest 

and the link for them led here.

http://felt.co.nz/listing/69570

  I'm going to try sewing my own version

of them for our grandkids.

 With Christmas coming up on us

so fast, I'd better get started with them.

I'm still feeling like it's Thanksgiving time.

At least in my  own little tiny blogging world.

Because I wanted to post some of the 

recipes I tried for Thanksgiving...

I think they would be good for Christmas 

appetizers, or for football watching,

or for New Years Eve.

  We had Thanksgiving

dinner late in the day, so we made

an assortment of appetizers for our lunch.

My daughter snapped a photo of her 

plate and it shows the only photo of 

the Caramelized Onion, Mushroom

& Gruyere Tarts that we have.

Oh goodness, this recipe is a keeper.

The mushroom tart is on the upper right 

one o'clock position on her plate.

The recipe is 

HERE 

on the Brown Eyed Baker blog.

 

  The recipe for these Cucumber Bites

 with Herb Cream Cheese

 and Cherry Tomatoes is 

Here 

on the E-recipes card blog.

These were good,

 and the herb cream cheese 

would also be good on top of a cracker

or stuffed into cherry tomatoes.

Those cucumber bowls are just one inch tall

with the centers scooped out with a melon baller.

The filling is easy as can be.

It's just a block of cream cheese, 

1/4 cup ranch dressing and dill weed.

You can make these about an hour

ahead of time, but I found the 

cucumbers got a bit watery after that.

Cranberry Brie Bites

Another winner, and the recipe is

  HERE

on the Tablespoon blog.

Now I don't have a photo of my

Brown Sugar Maple Pumpkin Pie,

but if you want to try the best pumpkin pie

I've ever tasted ... well you can.

You just have to bake it yourself.

It's made with the good stuff,

like cream, and real maple syrup, 

with warming spices and vanilla.

It smells delicious when baking

and it's one of those pies that you 

can't stop thinking about even weeks

later.  I'm going to have to make it again.

It's HERE_

on a blog called Simply Scratch.

It's darker than your normal Libby's 

pumpkin pie recipe because of the brown sugar

and people will wonder just what kind

of pie it is, because of it.  

Just shove a fork full of pie at them,

and they won't care one bit about the 

darker color.  It's just plain good.

Okay, I'm  off to cut out some 

fabric for those cute owls above.