Over the last week or so, we got some fantastic holiday dinner ideas from a lot of our food blogging friends. First, we were inspired by turkey and stuffing recipes, and then were moved on to some delicious side dishes. No big feast would be complete without dinner rolls or some kind of bread, and so we got some wonderful ideas for breads to serve, too. As we come down to the wire for Thanksgiving, we're finishing up our little series with a look at some outstanding desserts.
- The gold standard of Thanksgiving desserts is the pumpkin pie. There are several recipes to choose from for this category, including the Accidental Hedonist's fresh pumpkin pie, a back-of-the-can pumpkin pie, or a do-it yourself pie that sill uses canned pumpkin.
- Sweet potato pie is also a favorite, and the pie at Simply Recipes has a pecan topping which will add a nicely contrastive crunch.
- You can't go wrong with apple pie, and our detailed homemade apple pie recipe shows you what every step should look like.
- The Homesick Texan shares a pecan pie recipe from her grandmother - and grandmothers almost always make the best pies.
- Elizabeth Ryan's cranberry pie (pictured) at Kitchen Chick will add a huge boost of color to your meal.
- If pies aren't your favorite, you could always opt for Alpineberry's Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake with Ginger-Pecan Crust.
- One Whole Clove gets some chocolate into her pumpkin dessert with a Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Chocolate Glaze and Pumpkin-Chocolate Truffle Center.
- And to really impress guests, bring out Pumpkin Seed Brittle and Burnt Sugar Ice Cream from Tartelette.

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11-21-2006 @1:48PM karmal said... wow! the draft version of the Pumpkin-Bundt-Cake-with-Chocolate-Glaze-and-Pumpkin-Chocolate-Truffle-Center was GREAT!!!
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11-21-2006 @4:17PM mJ said... this holiday is made for deserts of all kinds! My fav german chocolate!Keep the pie!
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11-21-2006 @4:38PM Beth said... I will be making the Pumpkin Cheesecake that Sarah blogged about last year. My family would like it subsituted for pumpkin pie from now on! Thanks Sarah!!
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