Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Thanksgiving Pies


Cranberry Apple Pie
3 cups sliced apples (about 6 large apples)
1 cup chopped cranberries (fresh or frozen, not dried)
1 to 1½ cup sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
¼ tsp salt
Double pie crust, or single crust with crumb topping*
Mix fruit and dry ingredients together and put in pie crust.  Bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees.
*There is a crumb topping recipe with the fall apple recipes under cookies and treats
  

Pumpkin-Pecan Pie
Mix together and put in single pie crust
            1 egg
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 
      (or ½ tsp cinnamon, and ¼ tsp each nutmeg and cloves)
1 cup canned pumpkin
Mix together, than stir in 1 cup pecan halves.  Spoon over pumpkin mixture:
2 eggs
2/3 cups corn syrup
3 Tbsp butter
½ tsp vanilla
Bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes, or until set.


Pumpkin Pie
2 eggs
2 cups canned pumpkin
2/3 cups sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
¼ tsp cloves
1 - 12 oz can evaporated milk
1 single pie shell
Mix ingredients in the order given, and pour into unbaked pie shell.  Bake 1 hour at 375 degrees or until knife inserted in center comes our clean.


Pie Crust for three crusts
3 cups flour 
1tsp salt 
1 cup shortening 
approx 6 Tbsp cold water 
Mix flour and salt.  Cut in shortening with whisk.  Slowly add water until the consistency is right. Bake unfilled shell for 10-12 minutes at 450 degrees.

Thanksgiving Planning

Thanksgiving Plans (for 20 Wilsons)
22 pound turkey leaves plenty of leftovers
   (it takes about 4.5 hours to cook at 350 degrees)
   (you could probably get by with an 18 pound turkey)
5 to 6 cups of gravy
Stuffing made with two 20-24 ounce loaves of bread
Mashed potatoes, 10 pounds
Yams, just a few since not many in our family like them
Rolls, at least 4 dozen
Pies, 6 pies in assorted varieties
A veggie platter is more popular than corn
Cranberry sauce, made with 6-12 ounces fresh berries