Heaven's Apple Pie

1 Package pillsbury pie dough
1/2 C. real butter
3 Tbls. flour
1/2 C. White sugar
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1/4 C. water
1 Tbls. cinnamon
8 Granny smith apples, peeled,cored and sliced

1. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add flour, Than add sugars and water, bring to a boil, reduce and simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Prepare apples, and add cinnamon to apples. Put the first crust into pan. Add your sauce to the apples and place in crust. Add top crust, make slits and add a little caramel to top of crust.
3. Bake 15 minutes at 425* Reduce temperature to 350* and bake an additional 45 minutes.

This recipe is off of allrecipes.com under Grandma Ople's Apple Pie. I tweaked it slighlty by adding Cinnamon and Pillsbury Pie dough. It's one of the best Apple pies I've ever made, so good.

Candy Bar Chocolate Caramel Pie

1 Chocolate Grahm Cracker Crust

35  Kraft Caramels
1/4 Cup Milk
1 Tbls. Butter
(or replace milk and butter with 1/4 c. half and half)
1 Cup Chopped Toasted pecans

1 bar of Hersheys chocolate
2/3 C. Semi Sweet chocolate chips
(you want about 5.5 ounces of chocolate total)
1/4 C. milk or whipping cream

Cook Crust for 10 minutes at 300*. Allow to cool. Melt Caramels with milk and butter. Add pecans and pour into crust, refrigerate about 1/2 hour. In microwave melt chocolates. With a whip add in milk Spread onto caramel mixture and refrigerate until set. You'll want to let this pie sit out about 10-15 minutes before cutting into.

This is like a candy bar it's so very rich. Indulge yourself around the holidays or anytime you need a quick chocolate fix, Small pieces are best. Oh so yummy!

Holiday Chicken Salad

We also call this holiday chicken salad for it's red and green colors

4 Cups Cubed Cooked Chicken meat
1 c. mayo
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. season salt
1/2 tsp. basil
1 c. craisins
1 c. quartered grapes
1 green onion sliced
1/8 C. red onion diced
1/2 green bell pepper chopped
1 C. chopped celery
1 c. chopped roasted pecans
black pepper to taste

In a medium bowl mix together mayo, paprika, season salt, basil. Add the next 7 ingredients. Mix in chicken. Add pepper to taste. Chill for 1 hour. I serve in hollowed out tomatoes over lettuce greens.

To roast your pecans preheat oven to 275, melt 3 Tbls. butter and stir 2 cups pecans in the butter. Lay on Cookie sheet and lightly sprinkle with salt. Bake for 1 hour, stirring twice.