Thanksgiving 2022!

Cranberry Brie Tarts

• 1 tablespoon salted butter, melted
  
  
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
  
  
• 2-4 tablespoons brown sugar, use more or less to your taste
  
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
  
• 2 sheets (1 box) frozen puff pastry, thawed
  
  
• 2 (8 ounces) wheels of Brie, each cut into 12 slices (leave the rind on)
  
  
• 1/3 cup fig preserves
  
  
• 1 egg, beaten
  
  
• coarse sugar, for sprinkling
  
  
• fresh thyme, for serving
  
  

1. Preheat the oven to 425°f. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
   
   
2. In a medium bowl, combine the butter, cranberries, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
   
   
3. Cut each sheet of puff pastry into 6 rectangles. Spread each rectangle with about 1 teaspoon of fig preserves, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Top with 2 slices of brie and then mound the cranberries over the brie, pressing them into the brie to adhere slightly
   
   
4. Fold the edges of the pastry inward to enclose the brie. Brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
   
   
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the brie melted.

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Three Good Things

1. 1. The end of the Midterm election cycle revealed a sharply divided US electorate, Senate, and Congress, minimizing the chances for any big policy changes. More importantly, it will end – for a few moments – the daily 24/7 drumbeat of politicians espousing the end-of-the-world gloom-and-doom predictions in their efforts to get elected. Words and moods matter. Words and headlines drive sentiment. As this extreme-negative-messaging slows, we enter a positive moment: the FESTIVE SEASON! 6 weeks of caroling could remind us that we have lots more in common than some would like us to believe!
   
   
2. Inflation numbers observed by The Fed (delayed data!) signaled inflation peaked in June (9.1%) and is heading down (7.7%) and they may slow raising interest rates. Looking at all the early retail sales, price reductions, and ‘buyer incentives’ leads me to believe inflation is way lower but this will only truly register by the first quarter of 2023. Maybe deflation is not upon us, but the rate at which prices are rising seems to be shrinking FAST.
   
   
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