Raspberry Cream Cheese Puffs (makes 10 puffs)

Puffs

 1 sheet frozen puff pastry thawed

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/4 c. sugar

1 TB mlk

1/2 tsp vanilla

20 raspberries, divided

1 large egg beaten

Glaze

1/2 c. powdered sugar

1 TB milk

1/4 tsp almond extract

Directions:

Preheat over to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Thaw puff pastry on country

2. in medium bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar toner.  Add milk and vanilla. Mix until well blended. Add berries and mix until just broken

3. Once pasty is thawed enough, bend and be workable place it on a clean surface. Cut into 16 equal square. Dollop 1 tsp cream cheese mixture in center of each square and add on raspberry in center of the puff. Fold up corner, pressing them into the sauce. With a pastry brush, brush egg on top of puffs. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden. cool while you make glaze. 

4. Glaze: whisk together ingredients adding more milk if needed. drizzle over puffs. Serve warm or cold.

 Cherry Cheese Pie

1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 c. fresh lemon juice

1 tsp vanilla

1 graham cracker crust

1 (21 oz) can cherry or other pie filling)

1. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. If you cream cheese isn't soft enough you will get lumps. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Mix in lemon juice and vanilla until well combing enough to firm mixture. 

2. Pour into graham cracker crust and chill at least 3 hours. Pour topping over.

Gravy, Perfect Pan 

Remove roast to hot platter.  Leaving rusty bits in pan, pour meat juices and fat into large measuring cup.  Skim off fat and reserving 3 to 4 TB. Fr 2 cu. gravy, return reserved fat to pan. Stir in 1/4 c. flour. Blend fat and flour. Cook; stir over low heat til bubbly.

Remove pan from heat. Add 2 c. liquid (meat juices plus water, milk or broth all at once; blend. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer 2 to 3 minutes. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Wassail

2 C. water

1.5 gallon apple cider

2 c. sugar

1 gallon orange juice

12 whole cloves

12 whole allspice

1/2 box cinnamon

boil water, cider sugar orange juice and apple juice and spices for 10 min. Let sit for 1 hour at very low heat. This makes a ton, you may want to half.