Which recipe sounds best for a Thanksgiving desert?

I have never made any of these recipes before, but they sound and look delicious. I saw them in a family circle magazine and I would like to make one of them for Thanksgiving. Which do you think would be best?

Option 1: Harvest pie….it has Granny Smith apples, pears, dried cherries, almonds, sugars, cinnamon, and nutmeg in it. It is a classic double pie crust.

Option 2: Cherry almond tart……it is in the shape of a rectangular cake. It has cinnamon, sugar, sliced almonds, and cherry preserves. It sounds pretty simple, but looks good and “fancy”.

Option 3: Walnut spice cake…..the cake part has ground cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and brown sugar….and the frosting has maple extract, rum extract, and toasted walnuts (to be pressed on the sides).

Option 4: Pineapple crumb buns……this looks and sounds good except for the pineapple part, I don’t really like them in cakes and things. What could I substitute? Since I asked what I could substitute for pineapple I’ll be more precise in telling you the ingredients:

Dough:
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup solid vegetable shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees)
1 envelope active dry yeast
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup pineapple spread able fruit

Topping:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
3 tablespoons confectioners sugar

So, what do you think? Not exactly the healthiest recipes but it is Thanksgiving after all. Thanks for the help!
Pumpkin pie will of course be served also…….there will be probably around 25 to 30 people….there will definitely be more than one desert.

Thanks for the answers so far.

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16 comments a "Which recipe sounds best for a Thanksgiving desert?"

The harvest pie sounds heavenly!

Oh the first one with the apples and pears I think.

Option 1 or 3: they sound autumny to me and use autumn fruits and nuts.

harvest pie

If you are taking dessert for a crowd, the
cake will go further, otherwise you might
have to make two or more pies.

I like Option 4 but pineapple is my favorite fruit. If you don’t like pineapple substitute with peaches….I bet that would be really good.

Title: Hawaiian Upside-Down Cake
Yield: 8 servings
———————————-TOPPING———————————-
1/3 c Butter or margarine
1 c C & H Golden Brown Sugar
— firmly packed
1 c Juice-pack crushed pineapple
— (drained measure)
— reserve juice
3/4 c Shredded coconut
4 Maraschino cherries, chopped

————————————CAKE————————————
2 Eggs
3/4 c C and H Granulated Sugar
1/2 c Reserved pineapple juice
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt

Melt butter in 10-inch oven proof skillet. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly
over butter; then pineapple, coconut and cherries. Set aside. Beat eggs
in mixing bowl until light and thick (3 to 5 minutes). Gradually beat in
sugar. Add 1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice and vanilla. Stir in dry
ingredients until smooth. Pour over topping in 10-inch oven proof
skillet. Bake in 350 F degree oven 40 to 45 minutes. Cool 5 minutes.
Invert on serving plate. Makes one 10-inch cake. 8 servings.

none i perfer chocalate pie and cake and pumpkin pie

Harvest pie yummo

Go with #2 the ingredient list is basic , and the flavors are all complimentary to each other. Most people like cherries. However, you should be prepared to have something traditional as an alternative choice such as pumpkin pie.

harvest pie sounds best to me

Yum, they all sound great. I think the Harvest Pie would be great for Thanksgiving though.

Walnut spice cake!!! MMMMMMM

I’d go with the “Harvest Pie”.

Try this one; honestly it was the best Thanksgiving meal we had ever made. We used this exact recipe last year and even though it’s made to me healthy it was also extremely flavorful and filling. The recipe for the meal includes portions of stuffing, green beans, potatoes, carrots, and turnip, and explains how to put these together to make a healthy, tasteful, and exotic meal. The best and healthiest Thanksgiving meal ever:

Option 2: Cherry almond tart

Which recipe sounds best for a Thanksgiving desert?

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