No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without dessert. This year, we cooked up three beauties. The pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake were made with fresh pumpkin that we prepared ourselves (no cans here, folks!).
The cherry pie was a little too simple. Store bought pie crust with canned cherry pie filling. I had to do something to dress it up a bit. After putting the lattice on, I cut out a few leaf shapes with the remaining pie dough and balled up a few pieces and smashed them flat to make a pretty little decoration. It looked (and felt) just a little more homemade for the big day.
All of the desserts were tasty and a perfect ending to a great meal.
Leave us a comment about your favorite desserts for Thanksgiving and let us know where your Wordless Wednesday is so that we can come say hi!
Jenn says
Oh yum. I would have had a slice of each!
Henrietta says
MMM! That cheesecake looks so good (recipe??)! I made the turkey this year so didn’t do pie, my sister’s oven quit so my step-dad brought Amish pies that he bought from a local family. They were good, a bit too sweet but the crust was yummy. I can’t wait to make cheesecake for Christmas!
Beth says
The recipe is Paula Dean’s! It’s the first that comes up when doing a Google search, but there’s a reason for that. It’s really one of the best.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pumpkin-cheesecake-recipe/index.html
Sam says
That looks delicious!
Amanda says
Those look so good! I always make pecan pies for the family at Thanksgiving, but I’m a sucker for pumpkin! I’ll have to admit I’ve never had non-canned pumpkin pie, I’m drooling over here! 😉
Beth says
We usually make pecan pies as well. We omitted for Thanksgiving, but will surely have one for Christmas.
Katie says
I just want to lick my screen!
Beth says
I don’t think that would taste as good :P.
Katy says
These look so good. I want to try that pumpkin cheesecake it sounds amazing.
MSRheinlander says
They all look so yummy!!
Beeb Ashcroft says
Those are beautiful desserts! Pumpkin cheesecake is a great idea.
Stefani says
Those look delicious.
Erika says
Oh my, they look delicious!
Lorie Shewbridge says
I’m guessing there are is none of those desserts left.
I’m not a fan of pumpkin (hubby is, though) but I LOVE cherry pie. I made a cherry crumb pie to bring to our friends for T-Day and everyone LOVED it… including me.
I actually made two (one without crumb topping) and put it in the freezer for later for us. =)
Carolyn G says
That looks so so so good!!!!!
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
Oh wow – Yumm!
Candace says
Mmmmmm you had me at cheesecake!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
You’re making me regret my decision to omit holiday pies from Thanksgiving. Look at what I missed!
Lindsay says
Yumolicious! I wanna eat ’em!
Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy says
Yum! These look amazing!!
Brandy says
Oh I want cheesecake!! Yum.
Anne says
Yum! I wish we had made cheesecake, I love it.
Whitney says
Oh man, those all look great!
Apple says
That looks delicious!! I love cherry pie!