Fresh Cranberry Sauce

This is a really simple recipe that goes exceptionally well with any dish, especially beef, pork and of course roast turkey that will add a special sweet/tart note to your meal. You can add grated orange rind and juice and chopped walnuts to make a cranberry relish that is really delicious.

Pecan Tassies

What’s a Tassie?  Basically all around the world it’s a cup of some sort. This derivation probably comes from Scotland, but in old French, it’s a tasse. A tassah, in Arabic, is a basin and similarly in Persian it’s tast. But here in the good ol’ US of A it’s a transport method for sweet, buttery pecan goodness and just plain delicious. You can find recipes for Pecan Tassies in just about every Church Basement Social, Ladies Auxiliary, or Cookie Exchange cookbook. Mom just called them little Pecan Pies and, you know, for something this basic that’s just perfect.