DIXIE FRUIT SALAD

Ingredients:

1 cup pineapple  cut into Tidbits (bite sized pieces)

½  - 1 cup Pomegranate arils

1 large apple peeled and chopped into tidbits

1 cup Whipping cream (whipped)

½ cup chopped walnuts, pecans or almonds  (optional)
a handful of fruit flavored marshmallows - optional

Directions:

Mix everything together just before serving.  Serves 4

Tip: to get the pomegranate arils, cut off the ends of the pomegranate, get a bowl of water, score the pomegranate, put the pomegranate in water, then remove the seeds in the water, the pith will rise to the top.  Carefully drain the water, then retrieve the pomegranate arils.

Ingredients

Cut Pomegranate

Peeling Pomegranate in Water

Ready to Eat

Butter Brickle and Pecan Ice Cream Pie

1 shortbread crust for a nine inch pie plate (you may buy this or make it yourself*)

1 container butter pecan ice cream (1.5 quarts)

1 cup Heath Bit O’ Brickle Chips for baking

½ - 1 cup toasted pecan chips**

¼ cup butterscotch caramel for drizzling and garnish

Whipping cream (whipped), for garnish

Place shortbread crust in the freezer, meanwhile soften ice cream. Once ice cream is softened 10 – 15 minutes, place in a large mixing bowl and beat. Add the Heath chips. Mix well.

Smooth ice cream mixture into the chilled shortbread crust, tightly cover and freeze for 8 hours or overnight.

Garnish with butterscotch caramel ,toasted pecans and piped whipping cream.

*To make a shortbread crust:

1 box Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies

½ cup butter

1. Make the shortbread cookies into crumbs by putting them through a food processor , or put them in a ziplock bag and crush them using a rolling pin.

2. Add the crumbs to a medium mixing bowl, add the melted butter to the crumbs. Mix until the crumbs are moistened. Press into a greased 9 inch pie plate. Place in the freezer for at least 10 minutes.

**To toast pecan chips –

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Place pecan chips in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Put in preheated oven . Toast for about 10 minutes, stirring and checking every 3 minutes.