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LEAF PIE CRUST COOKIES + CARAMEL APPLE DIP

11/14/2022

Caramel Apple Dip Leaf Pie Crust Cookies

If you’re looking for Thanksgiving dessert ideas other than pumpkin pie, how about these cute leaf pie crust cookies and caramel apple dip? Both are incredibly easy recipes to make. And apples are fruit so it’s even somewhat healthy, right? The pie crust leaves are a fun twist on cookies. Just make sure to watch them very closely while baking. They brown very quickly. The caramel apple dip can be served with a fruit platter, graham crackers, cookies or the pie crust leaf cookies. Click HERE to print Pie Crust Leaves recipe. Click HERE to print Caramel Apple Dip recipe.

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CLOTH PUMPKIN NAPKINS

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How cute are these pumpkin napkins? They are really easy to make. Let me show you. All you need are orange cloth napkins, basic napkin rings and cinnamon sticks. You can use any round napkin rings and any cloth napkins. Exact items I used are linked below. Just pull the center of the napkin through the ring, fold napkin corners in, tuck fabric into the ring and finish with a cinnamon stick in the middle. See the video below to watch the process. Don’t give up after your first attempt. Try a couple of times and you will get the hang of it. Your pumpkin doesn’t have to be perfect. No pumpkins are perfectly round in real life. I apologize in advance for the two missing nails. I popped them off scraping adhesive tape off the barn from the Halloween bats and didn’t realize they were missing in the...