Name your Thanksgiving dessert for tomorrow's dinner

[NRaleighLiberal]

23 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	pecan pie
	5 (22%)
	apple pie
	2 (9%)
	pumpkin pie
	8 (35%)
	some other pie (tell us!)
	5 (22%)
	some sort of cake (tell us!)
	0 (0%)
	other (tell us!)
	3 (13%)
	none of your business
	0 (0%)
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Nothing. Not doing Thanksgiving at all,

and I'm on a diet. Might have a bit of wine, though.

[spooky3]

2. Pumpkin cheesecake nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

15. yum!

[revmclaren]

3. A wonderful homemade peach pie.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. sounds great!

[Aristus]

5. Mrs. Aristus makes a pumpkin pie to kill for.

I should know. I committed my first killing in self-defense over her pumpkin pie...

[NRaleighLiberal]

13. our pumpkin pie was collaborative - I roasted the pumpkin and made the crust

my wife made the filling. Came out perfect...we cheated and had it for dessert tonight!

Your wife's sounds wonderful....DU pumpkin pie bake off???

[spooky3]

21. Respect! I can never make good pie crusts! Nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

22. the secret is keep it simple and don't sweat it!

I use the Boston Globe cookbook recipe and have for 40 years.

flour, salt, crisco, water. For sweet pies, I add a bit of sugar, and cinnamon. I use a bit more crisco and a bit more water than called for - helps it form a ball better, rolls better, nice and crumbly/flaky.

[spooky3]

30. Thank you! Nt

[Wicked Blue]

68. First, you kill the pumpkin

[Archae]

6. Ice cream!

Two Klondike dark chocolate covered bars.

[electric_blue68]

20. Oooo, nice. Didn't know about these!

[dweller]

7. maybe a Reese's or 2

or an ice cream sandwich... if there is room ...
daughter is bringing me a plate of bird and trimmings, probably enough for 2 meals 😊

✌🏻

[MontanaMama]

9. Vanilla bean

Creme brûlée. I like using that little kitchen torch.

[NRaleighLiberal]

17. yummy!

[Wicked Blue]

10. Pumpkin cheesecake

My daughter just took it out of the oven. Mmmmm.

[nocoincidences]

11. The pecan pie should

be warm, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, melting into it. OMG.

[NRaleighLiberal]

18. that will be our Christmas dessert!

[smirkymonkey]

48. I am having pecan pie with vanilla caramel swirl gelato on top.

YUM!

[nocoincidences]

49. I have never heard of vanilla caramel swirl gelato.

I want it!!

I am not worthy....

[smirkymonkey]

51. It is made by Talenti.

They have excellent gelato. I ordered their new organic oak-aged vanilla gelato, but they were out and this was my second choice, but it is delicious.

It was delivered yesterday and by the time I picked it up in my lobby it was the perfect temperature - soft and creamy, but not too soft. I couldn't stop eating it. I would put the lid back on and then take it off again and have another spoonful. It was soooo delicious! I highly recommend it! It's so addicting.

I still have enough left for the pie. I only ate about 1/4 of the container, which was impressive restraint for me. I honestly could have finished the entire pint off in one sitting.

[nocoincidences]

59. O.M.G.

: 9

[Zoonart]

12. Apple crisp with ...

oatmeal, walnut crumble...hot... and vanilla ice cream.

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. yum - we love apple crisp!

[electric_blue68]

40. Before this smallish NYC pie company got too big

and it's extra good quality went down in the ? 00's they made a Apple walnut sour cream crumble pie.

As a Chocoholic it's got to be extra special to impress me like this did. It was wonderful for a bunch of years.

[Zoonart]

43. Love cobblers and crisps.

I make mine with NYS winesap apples from the local orchard. They have a nice tartness.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy all the desserts.

[electric_blue68]

46. I love winesap apples...

Sounds lovely!

I was amazed when I first tried them - my local farmers market- that they have faint wine-y taste and around ma. Amazing!

[Xipe Totec]

19. It's Thanksgiving tomorrow?! Dang! I guess my dessert will be a Gin & Tonic.

Seriously not doing anything special. Not as a protest, but just keeping low and hoping to live to Thanksgiving 2021.

[Dave in VA]

23. Coconut Cream Pie

I like this recipe...

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12481/old-fashioned-coconut-cream-pie/

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. creative idea!

[yellowdogintexas]

41. that looks so good! Coconut cream pie is my total weakness

when out to eat at a restaurant whith a good pie reputation, I can resist almost anything EXCEPT coconut cream pie!!

I don't make pie very often, as I never really got the hang of crust! Getting it from the counter to the pie pan is a real challenge.

Now cake, on the other hand...

[electric_blue68]

24. Too bad I didn't see a pecan pie at my supermarket...

I might break out the extra dark chocolate bar with peppermint which I haven't tried yet. Or the other new one with dark chocolate, and hazelnut butter.

My nabe doesn't have good chocolate bars, so I get a bunch elsewhere on my infrequent trips outside my babe to more special food stores.

Everybody enjoy your your deserts - they sound fun!

[NRaleighLiberal]

27. we always have the big Trader Joe Belgian dark chocolate bar around

and also the dark chocolate with almonds. Dark chocolate is definitely a daily, major food group!

[electric_blue68]

37. Lol Yum! 👍 I've made one trip to TJo's since cv19

I usually get their tub of dark chocolate covered almonds, the dark chocolate pretzal slims, the choc raspberry, and choc Expresso baton! 🥰

Then I occasionally try some of their other dark chocolate goodies. Wheeee!
Yes ~ Dark Chocolate (usually at least 72%) is it's own food group. 😁

[NRaleighLiberal]

38. I am addicted to the dark chocolate covered raisins and dark choc peanut butter cups

and the box of peppermint holiday Jo Jo cookies didn't last more than a few days.

[electric_blue68]

44. Lol Re: Chocolate - When I was a kid...

there was mostly (thinking Halloween) only Milk Chocolate and I liked Hersey's mc with rice crispies, or peanuts enough but oh when their then "Special Dark" came out was I happy.

The only times - and I wouldn't really think of them at other times - like Whitman's or Cadbury's Valentine's Boxes was when I'd fleetingly taste better dark chocolate. Luckily closer to middle age as adullt more and more dark chocolate bars, and ice creams came out!

Somewhat later as an older kid when Butterfingers, and Reese's came out - milk chocolate and peanut butter were semi hard wired into my brain - the only milk choc stuff in my now young adult onward life.

When I saw the Traders dark choc PB cups in ? 2018 - I wasn't sure just because of my long standing habit of the above...
but yeah, I finally tried them and Yum!

I used to get my food, and chocolate stuff, and grab one bag of the PB Dk Choc to munch on the subway because TJ's is not near me, and it was often the last errand in that shopping area.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 🙂

[csziggy]

60. Pecan pie is one of the easiest pies to make!

Why buy a supermarket version?

I usually make the version on the Karo Syrup bottle - but cut the amount of white sugar in half and double the vanilla extract. A half tsp of salt offsets some of the sweetness.

Today I made one regular pecan pie and a second one that has dark chocolate chips at the bottom. I gave away the traditional one and my husband and I tried out the chocolate version - yum! The dark chocolate really balances nicely with the super sweet pecan layer.

[electric_blue68]

61. Thanks and the choc chips on the bottom sound...

great!

I have to get back to cooking before I even try baking!

Only made quick oat flakes muffins with nuts and what not like 30yrs ago.
Otoh I was a very good cook. When I get back on the bicycle for a while maybe I'll take a chance.
Or in your opinion - what would be an easy pie to start w before a pecan pie?

I'm going to pass on the choc chip idea to a friend who's a good cook and baker.

Happy Thanksgiving!

[csziggy]

62. I don't know of any pie easier

Except maybe the ones where you make pudding, pour that into a prebaked pie shell and put Cool Whip on top. Frankly those are totally not worth it

The most expertise needed to make pecan pie is how to use a whisk or hand mixer. Of course I don't make my crusts, I just buy frozen deep dish ones. Here is the recipe:

Karo Classic Pecan Pie

Yield Makes 1 9-inch pie
Active Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup Karo light or dark corn syrup
3 eggs
1 cup sugar (I only use 1/2 cup either white or light brown sugar)
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (double this)
1 1/2 cups pecans (get pieces rather than halves)
1 (9-inch) unbaked or frozen deep-dish pie crust

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F.
In a mixing bowl, mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter, and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
Bake on center rack of oven until center reaches 200°F and springs back when tapped lightly, about 55 to 70 minutes.

Today I used the whisk attachment for my immersion blender to mix the eggs and stuff. In the past I have used hand crank beaters, hand electric mixer, a whisk, and just a spoon as they mention in the recipe. I've had a bad case of tendonitis over the last week so decided to use the immersion blender since I already had it out to use the chopper attachment to coarsely chop the pecans.

[electric_blue68]

63. Thank you! Will bookmark 👍

[csziggy]

64. Just buy a bottle of Karo syrup - their recipe is on the label

Of you, if you want to keep my notes, feel free.

[electric_blue68]

65. Got it. But the thread is fun as well so why notand...

you were very encouraging

[BadGimp]

26. Vanilla ice cream

[yellowdogintexas]

28. Cherry pie - which I did not even make!

We were planning our small dinner and I asked what he might want for dessert. I fully expected him to say chocolate pound cake as that is very traditional in our family - I take one to Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings when we have them. (not this year of course) So he surprised me with : Lemon bars ! Then he remembered how many the recipe makes so we discussed a lemon alternative - "The Lemon Thing" which is a lemon pudding cake which if you bake it in a deep container turns in to a souffle.

Next day he went over to our local dairy store to get milk and came home with a cherry pie and aerosol whipped cream. This particular brand of frozen pie is really really good. It is an indulgence to have it but I didn't have to bake either.

We always had pecan pie growing up. Nobody in our family liked pumpkin pie - I was up in my 20s before I ever tried it

[NRaleighLiberal]

32. the secret is making it nice and spicy!

I think of it as an adult taste - now one of our favorites, but didn't like it in my youth.

[k8conant]

31. Chocolate Ice Cream

[3catwoman3]

33. Pumpkin pie, sort of.

3 or 4 years ago, we had some extra pie filling that was not enough for a pie, so we baked it by itself. It was delicious without the crust, so since then, we have done just the filling and call it “pumpkin pudding.”

In a 1987 Cook’s magazine, which I still have (in 2 pieces now) there was a suggestion on how to give your pumpkin pie filling a little twist - rum. It does give a subtle difference to the flavor that we quite enjoy.

Last year, at Costco, we discovered something called Pie In A Jar by Clara’s Kitchen. Just add eggs! (And the rum.). It tastes really good, and seeing as we are feeling lazy this year, being that is just my husband and me, we opted for pumpkin pudding using Pie In A jar. Baked it up yesterday, and my husband is already eating it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

35. sounds great. we almost went for Indian Pudding, which tastes a lot like crustless pumpkin pie

a real New England thing, a cornmeal milk egg pudding with lots of spices and molasses - warm, with vanilla ice cream, it is one of the most delicious things ever.

[3catwoman3]

39. I do love a good pie crust, especially the bottom...

...when it soaks in the moisture from the filling, but it takes so much more time. Also, I prefer the crust to be on the pale side, and this pie filling takes a long time to bake (maybe because of the rum?) and the crust always gets too dark, even if I protect it with foil.

[aeromanKC]

34. Seconds

[NRaleighLiberal]

36. that reminds me of my dad (he left us back in 2007, sadly) - he LOVED his holiday meals

and would skip the dessert for lots more meat and stuffing and potatoes.

[Laffy Kat]

42. Chocolate pecan pie.

It will just be me and my youngest son and he doesn't much care for the regular TG fare, so we're having salmon. He rarely asks for anything special, but he specifically requested my chocolate-pecan pie and he will certainly get one! It will be a quiet day for us. My oldest and his boyfriend are both working at hospitals all day tomorrow. They don't want to risk coming over and I am glad about that, although I will miss them.

[NotASurfer]

45. Isn't it impolite if you don't have a slice of everything?

In my mind, at least, this year...

[NameAlreadyTaken]

47. Pumpkin / Carrot / Raisin Muffins,

The recipe below. However, we're adding a little fresh ginger, and we are topping the finished muffins with a simple cream cheese frosting. The first time I've tried this recipe, so we have no idea if this is going to work.

http://keyingredients.me/2015/02/pumpkin-carrots-raisin-muffins

[stopbush]

50. Mince pie (Nonesuch).

[NRaleighLiberal]

52. I made my first one of those last year. Jury is still out...very distinctive flavors for sure!

[Tikki]

53. Raspberries in raspberry jello.

Tikki

[Freddie]

54. Pumpkin pie and homemade vanilla ice cream

Daughter got me a 2-quart Cuisinart ice cream maker for Christmas the other year. I use a simple no-eggs recipe (cream, milk, sugar, vanilla). I can take or leave pumpkin pie but it’s easy to make and everybody else likes it.

[diva77]

55. Vegan Key Lime Cake

...received a bag of limes from friends, so I took a chance on a new recipe and it was sooooo worth it!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie Recipe!

I am terrible at crusts, so I buy the frozen ones and since we're gourmands, they're fine!

But I do make this killer pumpkin pie and fill my crust shells with it. It makes enough for 3 pies and the house smells incredible!

We cheated too, and my husband and I each had a piece after dinner tonight.

Sooooooo good!

[Turbineguy]

57. Sherry Trifle

[MustLoveBeagles]

58. Strawberry, Cherry and Blueberry cheesecake

And Cranberry upside down cake if there's any left.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

66. Snowballs.

[pansypoo53219]

67. i have 1/3 left of my cherry/cranberry tart left. extra good crust. last summer we got tart cherries

this year i tried cherry/late rhubarb. BEST combo. last year i did cherry/wild blueberry. combos started w/ nectarine/wild blueberry.