[Liz]

Puff pastry and pumpkin-----perfection for the holidays. Dessert is
unbelievably delicious; comes together quickly; melts in your mouth.

Pumpkin Puff Pastry / Caramel Frosting

Ingredients • box thawed puff pastry • 15 ounce can pumpkin •8 ounces cream cheese, softened
•½ cup brown sugar • teaspoon vanilla •½ teaspoon cinnamon •½ cup sugar coated pecans

Frosting •3 Tb butter •¼ cup h/cream •½ cup brown sugar •cup conf •tsp vanilla

FILLING beat smooth pumpkin, cr/cheese, br/sugar.

ASSEMBLY carefully open pastry sheets. Place one down on sprayed sheetpan; rolling pin gently
to smooth creases. Spread w/ pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle w sugared nuts.

LATTICE TOP Place opened 2nd pastry on floured work surface. Gently roll smooth. Pizza cutter in 10 equal strips.
Evenly space 5 strips over filling. Then 5 strips in the other direction. Bake golden 400 deg 20-25 min.
Drizzle with Caramel Frosting.

FROSTING Stir to boil on med butter, cream, br/sugar. Cool offheat 5 min. Add conf, vanilla; stir smooth.

[Liz]

DO AHEAD: Stores airtight in fridge 3 weeks (do not freeze).

White Chocolate Cranberry Nut Fudge / Delicious quick treat for holiday cookie trays.

PREP Foil 8" square pan w/ extended foil handles; butter foil.

FUDGE micro 2-3 min combined 12 oz chp white baking chocolate and 2/3 c sweet/cond/milk uncovered, at 30% power;
chocolate is almost melted; stir smooth. Stir in cup coarse-chp roasted, salted almonds, 1/2 c dried cranberries,2 tsp orange zest.
Spread in prepared pan. Cover/chill firm 2 hours.

At serving time, liftout onto server w/ foil handles. Remove foil. Cut inch squares.

[MomwithHope]

Awesome sounding! Buying an extra box of puff pastry!