My family adores apple pie, as much as with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, as the following morning (minus the whipped cream and ice cream) My husband’s very favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs and apple pie, with a chunk of cheddar cheese. I don’t see anything wrong with pie for breakfast–its basically fruit with a bit of dough.
What’s your favorite Thanksgiving pie?
Apple Pie Centrale
Usually I make our apple pies with half Granny Smiths and half Gala apples. This year we had a mishmash in the frig, both Grannies and Galas, also Pink Ladies and Fujis. I am hoping the pies will be extra delish with the flavors and textures of the different cultivars of apples. What variety of apple do you think makes the best apple pie?
Good Morning Gloucester 
I suggest some comprehensive taste testing before we make any hasty decision here. In fact, I volunteer as the tester! Let’s do some science…. 😉
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Hmmmmmm, a GMG pie bake-a-thon sounds like super fun!
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I like a cherry pie to top off the feast! And I’m all for the taste test 🙂
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Warm pecan pie with some french vanilla ice cream, for sure!
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That’s my favorite too. But I’ll go vanilla bean with big flecks of vanilla beans in it.
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Way to raise the bar!! That sounds awesome!
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Mentally filing yours and Joeys favorites for future reference!
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My Sister in-law Liz Olsen makes an awesome Ice Cream Pie.
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Cherry pie I forgot to add, my brother’s favorite! And ice cream pie sounds delicious!
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Thanksgiving pie is always pumpkin. This year I found a pumpkin caramel sauce to drizzle on the hand whipped cream. Turkey dinner and pumpkin pie is a fit for me. However, the Christmas holiday dinner has to be standing rib roast and apple pie. My grandmothers rules for an apple pie were granny smith apples and make your pie early in the morning while the kitchen is cool ~ she would actually plunge her hands in ice water before handling the dough. And yes ~ apple pie in the morning with cheddar cheese ~ yum.
Happy Prep ~ Happy Eating ~ Happy Thanksgiving ~
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Thanks Mary for those tidbits from your Grandmother. I used to make apple pie with all Grannies, but then started changing it up–they are truly fantastic for pies. Happiest of Thanksgivings to you Mary!
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The short of it is, you can’t have too much pie at Thanksgiving. I’m pretty helpless at anything but an apple pie, but what I make leaves no survivors. I go to the store and get, literally, one apple of each variety that’s available. Don’t peel them, just chop ’em up into pieces smaller than a slice, mix well, add cinnamon and brown sugar, a splash of vanilla, pour into a pre-baked bottom crust (Truth in Advertising: Trader Joe sells a really good crust. If it was good enough for my mother, it’s good enough for me). Baste the top crust with egg-nog. Bake. Enjoy, but it tastes best if you’ve taken a good walk after dinner, and maybe watched half of a football game (Seahawks – Forty-niners, out here) before dessert. HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you Bill! Your pie sounds wonderfully original and very yummy. I think commenters Greg and Pat would like to see a pie bake off!
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My brother’s sweet potato pie. It’s in the oven right now!!!!
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Yumm, sweet potato pie!
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My favorite is mince.
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Is this who I think it is? Are there any other lovers of mincemeat pie out there in GMG land?
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Love the mincemeat – w/o the meat! My sister in law loves the pie ~ so a bake a small one ~ 3 pieces ~ one for each of us and she has the last piece for breakfast the next morning. A good friend found the small pie plate for me at the yard sale. Mincemeat pie is a Christmas pie for us.
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