Happy Day of Thanks

I’ve been making pie!

This is Cranberry Pear and it’s a mini-pie.  I have these delightful smaller pie dishes made of pottery from Southeast Nebraska.   I would love to have more…

I made a Cranberry Pecan that I didn’t photo and I really wanted to make a Mock Cherry Pie which is apparently a New England pie from waaaaaay back:  it’s cranberries and raisins and I’m told it LOOKS like cherry but doesn’t taste like cherry.    I’ll attempt that some other time.  I ran out of steam and the Hub needed the oven.

Of course, I made Pumpkin Pie.   I used my other pottery pieces just for pie.   The bigger one is not quite a true 9″ pie plate size but it’s so pretty…    Both of these are same filling but I made about 4 different crust attempts of various ingredients.   The one with butter ALWAYS rolls better…

I use my Grandmother’s recipe for my pumpkin filling and it’s cryptic to say the least!    I have since added reminders to myself of what things mean and that I need to use a partially baked pie shell.     This recipe has a secret ingredient…    This makes me feel like Grandma and I are in on something special.    And when we are away from family which we often are, it is nice to continue a family tradition.

I prepared a few Cranberry Pears for the neighbors, as well as a Pecan Pie and a Strawberry.     I have 4 more yet to make for neighbors but they’ll have to be regular ‘Holiday’ Pies since I didn’t get them all done before today…

Happy Thanksgiving!