Thanksgiving dessert, I'm serving pie and ______
We've shared our thoughts on the best Thanksgiving pies. Most often, we also have additional desserts...pumpkin cheesecake, trifles, fruit compotes, bread puddings or pot de creme. Last year, my hostess offered brownies. What other desserts will your guests be eating?
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24 Comments:
a cheese course with aged port
cmckenna at 3:07PM on 11/11/07
pie and pie.
I'm making two kinds - pumpkin and pecan
suegsf at 3:42PM on 11/11/07
Every year for at least two decades, especially because I don't like pie (don't hit me!), I've made oatmeal scotchie cookies to hang out alongside the pecan pie my mom makes. They are kind of fall-ish, with the cinnamon. Now that my sister-in-law has joined the family, mom also makes something chocolate, which she loves.
We've never really been a pumpkin family, but I live in Canada now, so I get that on Canadian T-day. I eat a bite and give the rest to my husband. :-)
wellred at 4:19PM on 11/11/07
We are having Coconut Raspberry cake, smearcase cake (a custard cheesecake), Pumpkin pie, an assortment of cookies. Everything will be baked by yours truely except the Pumpkin pies. My mom picks them up at Costco.
JerzeeTomato at 5:07PM on 11/11/07
Wellred, I feel you - I've always said I don't believe in pie.
I want to fix pumpkin bread pudding, but none of my family like it so I'm torn on whether to make it for myself.
sobriquet at 5:11PM on 11/11/07
I'm making espresso chocolate mousse, served in individual espresso cups, as well as the ubiquitous pie.
Ann Fisher at 7:13PM on 11/11/07
Hey Jerzee Tomato, The coconut raspberry cake sounds delicious. If you don't mind sharing the recipe I might make that for Thanksgiving. Are you from New Jersey. I'm from Belleville.
sweetthang1018 at 9:08PM on 11/11/07
Molasses cookies and peanut butter chocolate fudge bars.
pbisNOTmyname at 11:57PM on 11/11/07
We're having pie...and pie. Pumpkin chiffon and pecan.
sw8t at 3:37AM on 11/12/07
I am glad to brag about this one, since I am not the only one who does.
SE contributor Dorie Greenspan loves it so much she put it in her book. (Baking from My Home to Yours)
It is a flawless cake recipe. Everyone loves it. My mother calls it the best cake she ever ate in her life. Thank you Nick Malgieri.
I have also changed out the raspberry for lemon curd and it was very good.
http://www.nickmalgieri.com/recipes/coco_rasp_cake.html
JerzeeTomato at 4:09AM on 11/12/07
I'm making the Cheddar Pie Crust Cookies I described here in another thread. My daughter loves them and they're a high point of her T-Giving. I'll probably do a pumpkin cheesecake or something else easy.
Jerzee - a little off topic but I love me some Nick Malgeri. His gingerbread cookies are the absolute best I've ever baked or eaten. In 2005 I made 455 of them for my co-workers. They were such a hit!
chiff0nade at 7:43AM on 11/12/07
I saw Nick Malgieri over the weekend! He made the best Chocolate Tart.
Anywho... Im going to do Pumpkin Pie and whipped cream.
Possibly a pumpkin log as well.
StudentStomach at 7:55AM on 11/12/07
pumpkin cake!
cybercita at 10:13AM on 11/12/07
Pumpkin and chocolate pecan pie are standards at my house. This year I'm thinking of adding the ginger cheesecake that I saw in Fine Cooking. I LOVE ginger.
Library Lady at 11:01AM on 11/12/07
Dutch apple pie, pecan pie and the Scotch whiskey trifle recipe from epicurious, but made with Jameson's.
NO_Pam at 11:47AM on 11/12/07
Pumpking Pie using the recipe from the Libby's label.
Bearnaise at 12:43PM on 11/12/07
I made a double batch of brownies this weekend and froze half of them, so I'll probably thaw them and serve them along with the pumpkin pie and apple tart. There's also going to be a pecan pie, but I'm having a guest bring a store bought one - pecans are too expensive and I can't stand corn syrup!
LizNYC at 2:35PM on 11/12/07
Regarding pecan pie and corn syrup... I'm not too fond of corn syrup either... pecan pie was made long before the advent of corn syrup. Most of the really old, traditional recipes I've seen have relied upon some combo of sorghum molasses and sugar for sweetening. They also have a lot more eggs than the *modern* corn syrup recipes call for, because it's really supposed to be a custard pie with nuts. Also, cornmeal was a key ingredient in most of the oldest recipes. Pecan pie supposedly originated in the Deep South (specifically, the gulf states, where pecans have always grown), and sorghum molasses is a traditional sweetener in these areas going WAY back. My grandfather was from Louisiana, and his mother never used corn syrup in pecan pie or chess pie.
LoCo at 2:54PM on 11/12/07
I meant to add that cane syrup is also called for -- it's not as sweet as corn syrup, and has a more distinctive flavor. My Louisiana ancestors had sugar cane plantations, so this is what my great-grandmother's recipe called for.
LoCo at 2:56PM on 11/12/07
My Thanksgiving table will be filled with 100% local ingredients this year. For dessert, I'm making an apple, goat cheese and honey tart. All the ingredients (even the flour) are Virginia Grown!!
eatnutmeg at 8:25PM on 11/12/07
So far we're having: p
pumpkin pie,
pecan pie
7 layer bars/magic cookies/hello dollys/insert what you call them here (graham cracker crust, choc. chips, coconut, walnuts, drizzle w/condensed milk and bake. try not to eat the whole pan at one time)
I'm considering some kind of fruit tart. Maybe cabernet poached pears w/chocolate? We made one in school and it was incredible. I was downing the left over pears- never thought I'd like them but I did.
AuntJone at 12:14PM on 11/13/07
My husband makes sweet potato pie and I make an apple cranberry pudding from Maida Heatter's Classic American Desserts. Sometimes we make turkey shaped sugar cookies and the kids decorate them. I am also thinking of Dorrie Greenspan's all-in-one cake with pumpkin and apples and maple sugar icing.
We definately need something chocolate-y though and the jury's out on what it will be. anyone have a suggestion?
Lauren B at 1:32PM on 11/13/07
We had apple pie, pumpkin pie, brownies and fruit at ours (as you know :)).
Hillary
Chew on That
Chew on That at 7:44PM on 11/15/07
No pie this year - pumpkin creme brulee and a pear-tart cherry crisp.
CookiePie at 9:16AM on 11/16/07