<p>I seem to be vacillating about what to serve for dessert. What will be on your dessert table this TG?</p>
<p>I am totally boring/traditional, am not great at desserts (or, really, anything now that I think about it), and haven’t had the energy to make pie crust from scratch for years. I’ll do a pumpkin pie (recipe from the can of pie filling + a little extra ginger and cloves), pecan pie (really really easy recipe from the corn syrup bottle, I think), <em>maybe</em> mincemeat pie, but that’s just dumping a jar of Crosse & Blackwell’s in a crust and putting another crust on top. I’ll either buy frozen pie crusts or if I’m inspired might get the pre-made ones from the biscuit section (they at least look kinda home made).</p>
<p>One thing I do is make several types of whipped cream. Whip up the container, take some out plain (that’s the way DH was raised–no sugar at all), add some confectioner’s and take some more out, then add some ginger to the rest. You end up with three kinds–plain, slighty sweeet, slightly sweet+gingery. I also sometimes fancy up the pies a bit by adding some pie crust leaves that I cut with a knife and place on top.</p>
<p>Pumpkin pie & vanilla ice cream, peppermint ice cream with chocolate syrup ( for H who doesn’t like pumpkin)</p>
<p>Apple pie, pecan pie and pumpkin roll (with cream cheese frosting).</p>
<p>Apple Pie, Pecan and Chocolate Tart with Bourbon Whipped Cr</p>
<p>My H makes pumpkin pie totally from scratch…cooks & purees the pumpkin, makes the crust from scratch. Really really good pie. I also make some kind of a “crisp”…peach this year, with ice cream on top. I used to make mince meat pie (with the boxed mince meat) but I was the only one who ate it. Pecan pie is the traditional second pie down here, but I’m allergic.</p>
<p>Pie, pie, pie, and pie. And then pie for breakfast. </p>
<p>I have one relative who doesn’t like pie. When she comes for T-day, I also reluctantly make brownies. How can anyone not like pie? For that matter, how can anyone not like anything in the dessert family? I understand preferring cake over pie, or pie over cake, or brownies over frozen yogurt, but how can someone just not like one of those options?</p>
<p>Friends are bringing a store-bought pumpkin pie, but hubby is planning to make a chocolate pecan pie. I am planning to make my usual apple crumb dessert as I am more of a fruit person plus it is gluten-free (for my daughter).</p>
<p>I’m making an apple spice cake with caramel glaze and a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting.</p>
<p>A guest is bringing apple, pumpkin and chocolate pies. I don’t like pie. Never really have. I don’t like the crust really. The chocolate pie is a graham cracker crust and I do like that. I’d rather eat more potatoes and turkey and skip the pie though :D.</p>
<p>French apple pie, Pecan and Pumpkin pies. A French whole apple tart…Sprinkles cupcakes…with homemade whipped cream. I cook, I do not bake.</p>
<p>Pumpkin roll (made this weekend…in freezer) and an apple pie this year with a side of eggnog ice cream. I was tired of making pumpkin cheesecake and mincemeat pie for the past twenty years so changed it up.</p>
<p>This has me in a quandary. I am obsessed with a recipe I just found for homemade pumpkin ice cream. Would it be too much of a clash to make an old-fashioned oil based apple cake to go with? This cake is delicious with walnuts and raisins, baked in a bundt pan. </p>
<p>Oh yeah. I’ll have to do a pie. I’m lousy pie. Even the Vodka Pie Crust recipe flops for me.</p>
<p>Pumpkin bread pudding with caramel sauce, cranberry lime tart and apple pie if I get to it. </p>
<p>As far as I’m concerned, pie is a breakfast food.</p>
<p>Heard this guy (Sam Sifton, former NYT food critic) on NPR–thought he had some good points. Thought his 6 rules were great (probably because I agree with most of them).</p>
<p>[6</a> Essential Thanksgiving Rules](<a href=“http://www.buzzfeed.com/emofly/6-essential-thanksgiving-rules]6”>6 Essential Thanksgiving Rules)</p>
<p>Thanksgiving calls for pumpkin pie in our house. Kids will probably make a batch of cookies, too.</p>
<p>I love pumpkin and pecan pies, but in this context, I find them overly filling and repetitive of the flavors in the meal. I prefer something that is tart and a contrast to the meal. It may not be traditional, but give me something like a key lime pie or any kind of fluffy or cold citrus creation. A cranberry or pumpkin sorbet, or baked apples, would give a nod to tradition but recognize that my stomach just can’t take another slab of starch.</p>
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here, here</p>
<p>SIL is bringing mandatory pecan pie. I’ll make Mississippi mud for the chocolate lovers and banana split pie for the others (which is basically me, but I’m tired of not having a dessert that I like!).</p>
<p>I love the 6 Thanksgiving rules!</p>