Turkey-Shaped Apple Tarts

Happy Thanksgiving! Parents hosted a Thanksgiving party this year and had me help with desserts so I found this cute and easy recipe from MirandaMade.

What you'll need:
2 egg yolks
Half a stick of butter
Granulated sugar
Apple butter
2 green apples
1 red apple
Raisins or craisins for the eyes
Unbaked pie dough

1. Preheat oven to 400°C. Slice apples into thin pieces.

2. Add 3 teaspoons of water to the egg yolks and beat.

3. Unroll the pie dough and cut out circles about 5" in diameter. I just used the top of an oatmeal box.

4. Add 2 teaspoons of apple butter to the circle and spread around, leaving about half an inch uncovered on the edges.

5. Arrange apples in a circle by alternating color to make it look like the feathers of a turkey!

6. Cut out circle pieces of dough about 2.5" and 1.5" in diameter. These will be for the body and head of the turkey. Use the egg yolk mixture as a glue to attach the head to the body.

7. Cut out triangle pieces for the beak and tear drops for little gobblers! I used craisins for the eyes. Cover the gobblers and beaks with egg wash. This will give them a darker color when put in the oven.

8. Melt and spread butter over the dough and apples and sprinkle sugar on top. Fold in the edges and add a layer of the egg yolk over them.

9. Bake on a greased pan for 15 minutes or until dough is golden-brown.

Gobble gobble :)

Bacon Quiche Tarts

My friend Calvin hosted his third annual Thanksgiving potluck dinner last night and it was a struggle trying to choose what to make. Nhat and I finally decided that there are very few things better than bacon so we decided to make bacon quiche tarts! We doubled everything to make 16 of them, but the recipe below will make 8.

What you'll need:
2 packages (3 oz. each) of cream cheese
5 tsp. 2% milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup shredded Colby cheese
2 tbs. chopped green pepper
1 tbs. chopped green onion
1 tube (8 oz.) crescent rolls
5 bacon strips
8 muffin cups

1. Mix cream cheese and milk until smooth.

2. Add eggs, green pepper, onions, and cheese to mixture. Mix till smooth.

3. Cook bacon strips and crumble into pieces.

4. Preheat oven to 375°C. Open tube of crescent rolls and split into eight pieces. Press each piece down and up the sides of a greased muffin cup.

5. Add half of the bacon to the muffin cups.

6. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the bacon.

7. Top with the rest of the bacon.

8. Stick in the oven for approximately 20 minutes or until knife stuck in the middle comes out clean. Yay!