Miss Aimee Bs Lemonade Recipes

Steps:

• Pour the sugar and 1 cup water into a small pot and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and add the mint sprigs. Let the mint steep for 10 minutes, then discard the mint.
• Add the mint simple syrup to a large pitcher, punch bowl or serving canister. Add the lemon juice, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and lemon wheels and give a good stir. When ready to serve, fill the pitcher halfway with ice. Top the mixture with seltzer and give a good stir. Serve over ice with sprigs of fresh mint.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• To make crust: combine cookie crumbs, 3 T sugar and melted butter.
• Press onto bottom and sides of a lightly greased 9 inch deep dish pie pan.
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes, cool.
• To make filling: Melt chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler, cool slightly.
• Beat cream cheese until light and fluffy with electric mixer.
• Add brown sugar and vanilla, mixing well.
• Add chocolate to cream cheese mixture, mixing well.
• Fold in the cool whip and mix again.
• Spoon filling into cooled crust (or ready made chocolate crust) and smooth out top.
• Cover tightly and chill at least 8 hours.
• To finish the pie, wash strawberries, pat dry, and cut lenghtwise into 1/8 inch slices.
• Arrange around the outside edge of pie, make a second row, overlapping.
• Continue in this fashion until the entire pie has been covered.
• Heat the 1/4 cup chocolate chips with the paraffin (or without paraffin).
• Drizzle over the strawberries.
• Chill and serve the same day.