Thanksgiving desserts

What are the desserts you are baking for Thanksgiving? Need ideas!

Re: Thanksgiving desserts

pumpkin pie
chocolate chip cheesecake
chocolate pudding pie with whipped cream
apple pie with ice cream
sweet potato pie with meringue
three layer/rainbow cookies
almond horn cookies
pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
chocolate covered orange peel

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Pumpkin pie
Pecan pie tartlets

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pie
pecan pie bars - so sinfully good

Thanksgiving desserts

we are sticking wtih basics...
chocolate chip cookies
brownies
apple pie
pumpkin pie

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I usually do:

Some sort of apple dessert -- Last year did an apple custard pie, the year before did Ina Garten's Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

Some sort of pumpkin pie/tart - Last few years I have done a vanilla-bourbon pumpkin tart (which has kind of a creamy/cheesecake-like filling)

Pecan pie - Last year did a chocolate pecan pie

All the desserts are served with a choice of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

In past years, I've done a cheesecake, such as a Bailey's flavored one. But since the vanilla-bourbon pumpkin tart has become a favorite, I've left the cheesecake out and done that for Christmas.

I also always have some fruit/nuts/candies in between the meal and dessert and coffee... things like clementines, grapes, chocolate covered almonds, etc.

I will probably stick along the same lines as what I've done, but may tweak the dessert menu a little bit. For Thanksgiving, I try to stay traditional, but with slight twists and updates.

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This year we'll be away for Thanksgiving but I usually make DaniRella's apple pie. It's phenomenal.

My fam isn't big on dessert but my SIL usually makes cookies and my Aunt will make a pumpkin roll.

Here's DaniRella's apple pie recipe - it is amazing and seems lengthy but it's really not:

apple pie

pick up one of those pillsbury pie crusts they sell in the dairy section of the market -- i have made the crust from scratch *and* i have made it with the pillsbury - tastes the SAME and the roll it out yourself pillsbury is so much easier.

6 cups of thinly sliced and peeled apples (i prefer the baking "rome" apples i buy at uncle guiseppe's) but you can use macoon too - those are best. but, anything red is good - just make sure when you pick them that they are all the same variety for the pie. the same type of apples work best vs. a mixture of different kinds.

3/4 cup of white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar (i like dark brown)
2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon (AKA a pinch) of salt
1/4 teaspoon (AKA a pinch) ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon (AKA a pinch) of allspice ground
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice

heat oven to 425 degrees. place one of the pie crusts (the pillsbury box comes w/ two rolled up - you'll use both) in the bottom of a nine inch glass pie dish. press firmly against side and bottom but not too firm - just so it sticks. take one egg, add a little milk, beat it and then, using a pastry brush, brush dough on the bottom of the lined pie plate with the egg wash -- this will help it get that golden brown look. then, take about 1/4 of a stick of butter (so a cube) and slice it up -- putting it all over the bottom of the pie dish. when the butter melts while in the oven it will add flavor to the rest of the pie...

in a large bowl, gently mix filling ingredients, spoon into crust lined pie plate. i usually put half the ingredients in -- take another cube of butter and slice it -- placing bits of butter througout the pie (now in the apple slices). then, add the rest of the mix and a few more slices of butter on the top and you are good to go.

top with the second crust -- i usually take a knife and slice off the excess of the first pie crust (the one on the bottom) so it doesn't get in the way and discard. b/c the excess from the second crust is plenty for crust. wrap excess top crust edge, pressing edges together to seal. i use a fork to make lines in it as decoration (right before putting it in the oven) but you don't have to. cut four slits in the crust so that it can "breathe" as it bakes. i cut diamond shape holes {} in the crust - one on each side and it looks pretty. then, i just do a thin slit (four total also) in between them -- this gives plenty of breathing room.

take leftover egg wash (you may need to beat one more egg) and top the entire pie crust with it -- the edge, the middle, everything -- this will give it that beautiful golden brown look. take some cinnamon sugar (mix it) and sprinkle on top of the crust and BAKE!

bake 40-45 minutes. i put it in for 20 minutes first -- alone. then, at the second 20 minute mark i open the oven and put a "pie crust shield" (you can buy them anywhere) which goes on top of the pie and protects the crust (b/c it is so thin) from burning. it is so much easier than covering it with tinfoil or something -- this is just an easy to place on pie shield. you can, honestly, do it either way -- have it on for the first twenty minutes, then take off and bake the rest of the way or vice-versa. doesn't matter. just do the 20 and 20 as a reminder to put that shield on.

cool at least an hour or two before serving -- all the juices need to become solid and such. i also take a cookie sheet, wrap it in tin foil and place it underneath the pie in my oven b/c it tends to ooze out some goodness during baking.

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I made a pumpkin dump cake for some friends last week and t was totally amazing. You can google a recipe. Basically you make your pumpkin mix (pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, spice) put it in a tray and on top just literally dump a box of yellow cake mix, two sticks of butter, brown sugar and chopped pecans. Bake and serve. Very little work and totally amazing, serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Delish. Just watch how much sugar you put in the pumpkin mix.

Thanksgiving desserts

pioneer womans pecan pie is always a big hit!

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I'm a guest this year !

cream puffs (that is a must)
apple tart
chocolate chip bundt cake with chocolate glaze or blondies, brownies and chocolate chip cookie bars.

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knock you naked brownies
peanut butter cup s'mores bars

Thanksgiving desserts

Pecan Pie. So easy to make! I use the recipe right off of the Karo Syrup bottle but I may tweak it a bit after reading the Pioneer Woman's recipe!

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Ill make a pumpkin pie. And maybe something else, but not sure what.

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Pumpkin Bread Pudding (just did a practice tray and DH loved it)
Slutty Brownies

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I am making a pumpkin pie and mini pumpkin cheesecakes. I also LOVE bread pudding at Thanksgiving. My DH's family are not big fans of it (as far as I can tell-its usually barely touched) so I won't make it, but I will probably make one at some point that weekend for just DH and I! :)

Thanksgiving desserts

Pumpkin Pie
Apple/ Cranberry Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie ( not really thanksgivingy", but a guest loves it)
Pumpkin cupcakes with pumpkin cream cheese frosting.

Thanksgiving desserts

pumpkin pie
pecan pie tarts
vanilla bean cheesecake with cranberries

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Pumpkin chocolate chip bread
Chocolate cream pie

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Pumpkin pie
Butterscotch cheesecake
chocolate chip cookies
snickerdoodles
peanut butter cookies
shortbread cookies decorated for Christmas
(we usher in the Christmas season at the end of Thanksgiving dessert with cookies)