"thanksgiving desserts" news and stories

Crafty people, now is your time to shine! If you want to work the Thanksgiving turkey theme all the way from appetizer to dessert, give these turkey cupcakes a go, with the help of a video how-to from Creative Cupcaking team Karen Tack and Alan Richardson at KitchenDaily. And if you're the type to plan ahead, Karen and Alan's candy-spiked Dinner Party Cupcakes might be just the thing for New Year's Eve.

How-to: Turkey Cupcakes

Is the prospect of yet another pumpkin pie yawn-inducing? Are you just plain over all things crust-cradled? Listen, we've had our share of French apple pies lately, too. So when we read on Grub Street this morning that the infamous Crack Pie, being made by David Chang and company over at his Momofuku Milk Bar, was being delivered nationwide, we thought there might be an answer to plain-pie burnout. The oatmeal-cookie-crusted creamy, gooey very buttery Crack Pie sells for $44 in New York. But if you happen to live in L.A., the overnight Fed Ex charges (the only way pastry chef Christina Tosi will allow them to be shipped) will set you back around $60. Now, we're not cheapskates, but there are very few pies out there we'd drop a century note on. Plus, the L.A. Times published the recipe.

A bunch of the Chowhounds are sick of pie, too, and they offer up suggestions, from a walnut-crusted rum cake to a gingerbread trifle with poached pears and a bourbon-infused crème anglaise.

Our colleagues at Kitchen Daily put together a "Thanksgiving Dessert: Beyond Pie " feature, which includes five great alternatives to the mincemeat already. Can you think of anything less pie-like than the green-apple-and-basil granita pictured here?

There was a time - say, up to the age of 35 - that I didn't like either cheesecake or pumpkin pie. Maybe our taste buds change over time, but now I love both of them. You have to watch me or I'll eat an entire cheesecake myself.

Here's a recipe that sort of combines the best of both of those worlds, Double Layer Pumpkin Cheesecake. And it's pretty easy, especially if you use a can of pumpkin pie filling like some of the reviewers at the AllRecipes site suggest (it has a lot of the spices already in it). Full recipe after the jump.