What is a good dessert for Thanksgiving that does not involve Pumpkin?

Question

I am making Lasagna and Pumpkin soup. There will be pico and turkey with the fixins.

I made a pumpkin cheesecake last week when I had dinner with the same family

Answer 1

Apple Pie

Pecan Pie

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pecan Tart Recipe

16 oz. semisweet chocolate
1 pint heavy cream
4 T. unsalted butter
1/2 C. pecan pieces
1/2 C. peanut butter
1 graham cracker crumb pie shell (9-inch)

Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in a bowl.

In a large saucepan, bring cream and butter a boil. Pour boiling cream over chocolate and stir until smooth and all the chocolate is melted. Stir in the pecans and peanut butter.

Pour mixture into the pie shell, and refrigerate until set.

Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Makes 8 to 10 servings.



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Chocolate Brownie Pudding Cake (Crockpot) Recipe

1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup water
2 tbsp. cocoa
2 1/2 cups brownie mix
1 egg
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tbsp. soft margarine
1/4 cup water

Combine brown sugar, water and cocoa over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Combine remaining ingredients in another bowl. Spread evenly in the bottom of a lightly buttered crockpot. Pour cocoa mixture over batter.

Cover and cook on HIGH 2 hours. Turn off heat and let stand 30 minutes.

Serves 8.

Recipe from Chyrel




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no-bake blueberry cheesecake with graham cracker crust
Bon Appétit | July 2003

recipe photo reviews (85) my notes Chill this overnight to develop the blueberry flavor and give the filling time to set.

Servings: Makes 10 servings.

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IngredientsCrust
9 whole graham crackers
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
3 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Filling
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin (measured from 2 envelopes)

12 ounces Philadelphia-brand cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3 cups fresh blueberries

Topping
1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon sugar
4 1/2-pint baskets blueberries
2/3 cup blueberry jam

PreparationFor crust:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Blend first 4 ingredients in processor until graham crackers are finely ground. Add butter and vanilla; process until moist crumbs form. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Bake crust until deep golden brown, about 12 minutes. Cool.
For filling:
Pour 1/4 cup water into small saucepan; sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir over very low heat just until gelatin dissolves. Set aside.

Blend cream cheese, cream, sugar, and lemon juice in processor until smooth. Add berries; puree until smooth (some blueberry bits will remain). With machine running, add warm gelatin mixture through feed tube and blend well. Pour filling into crust. Cover; chill overnight. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.) Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Transfer to platter.

For topping:
Beat cream and sugar in medium bowl until firm peaks form. Spread cream mixture thickly over top of cheesecake. Place berries in bowl. Heat jam in small saucepan over low heat until just melted. Pour jam over berries; toss to coat. Mound coated berries in center of cream, leaving 1-inch plain border. Chill cake at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

Test-kitchen tip:
Whole graham crackers measure 5x2 1/4 inches before being broken into four smaller rectangles.

Answer 2

I would have to say apple is my favorite holiday pie. My favorite trick for a good apple pie is a mix of apples (3 gala, 3 granny, 1 honey crisp or anything else, even pear). Don't go near the horrible premade filling for pies. They're all golden delicious which has a very flat flavor. Also avoid MacIntosh: they cook down to mush.

Beyond that, substitute the white sugar for light brown. It gives it a fuller flavor and if you want you can mix in a handful of cranberries into it, too.

Answer 3

Try a rhubarb or apple or fruits of the forest crumble and custard. You can always make it the day before en keep it in a cool cupboard, it does not necessarily have to stay in the fridge. Easy to make, use equal quantities of flour, butter end sugar ( castor ) if you only have ordinairy sugar it's not a major issue. You can buy ready made custards if you wish or make your own from a basic packet and if you want always add extra cream or even a shot of brandy to give extra flavour.

Answer 4

As many people suggested you can go with Peacan or Sweet Potato, though sweet potato and pumpkin have many similarites in taste and looks, I wouldn't reccomend it. You can always go for a traditional carrot cake which is always good for the thanksgiving season. I've attached a source for a recipe for both a traditional carrot cake and shortcut carrot cake (found on Yahoo! Foods), which are both very delectable and both adults and kids love it.

Answer 5

How about a good cheesecake my wife does a no bake cheesecake pie with whipped topping that is delicious and totally sugar free except for the graham cracker crust

Answer 6

Paula Deen's Gooey Butter Cake. Just type in Gooey Butter Cake and you'll find it. It is WONDERFUL.

I've made this the past 2 yrs for Thanksgiving. Last year I actually had to make a second one because the first one disappeared before my Dad could have seconds.

Did I say it's WONDERFUL??

Answer 7

oatmeal pecan pie
1/2 (15oz) pie dough like pilsbury (use cooking spray on pie plate)
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
2/3 cup regular oats
1/2 cup chopped pecans....I mix regular with the flavored...pecan pie flavored
2 tablespoons butter melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs lightly beaten
2 large egg whites lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 325
put pie dough into 9 inch pie plate
fold edges over
combine brown sugar and remaining ingredients, stirring well with a whisk
pour into crust
bake for 50 min or until center is set, cool all the way

Answer 8

banana bread or bread pudding is great with thanksgiving supper. Or you can make yams sort of dessert style. Add brown sugar to your yams, butter, a little cream. put this in the bottom of a baking dish and layer top with mini marshmallows. Bake in the oven until bubbly and marshmallows are toasty brown.

Answer 9

A pudding smores pie would do it.
1 bag of jello istant choclate pudding; you can use any other filling if you want
2 bags of jambo marshmallows
2 big bars of hersey coclate
1 bag of skewer
1 gram craker pie crust

directions
in one bowl warm hersey choclate bars until melted
mix in jello instant pudding according to package directions.take a few skewers and pipe them with the jumbo marshmallows. place them over heat. take them out of the skewers and mix them with the mixture.Pour the final mixer over the pie crust and serve. This dessert is severed just the way it is

Answer 10

Apple Cobbler

Answer 11

Two recipies that are yummy and simple...#1 Mud Pudding.... One package of oreo cookies and one large container of cool whip... simply crush the oreo cookies and mix with the cool whip...cover and refrigerate overnite and serve.. #2 One package of instant vanilla and one bannana pudding, one box of mini nilla wafers, two sliced bannanas, mix the pudding, the bannanas, and add the box of nilla wafers together in large bowl,cover and refrigerate overnite...One more that takes a little more effort... One lb. Hershey bar, one graham cracker pie crust, and one large container of cool whip, let the cool whip come to almost room temperature, melt the chocolate in the microwave or double boiler, fold chocolate into cool whip until blended well, pour into pie shell and cover and refridgerate overnite, it's rich and filling, and oh so yummy... enjoy and have a wonderful holiday