Thanksgiving Food
Thanksgiving is here! The leaves have changed colors and begun to fall. For those of you that are big fans of the holiday season and especially the food, here are some great recipes for those that are not the greatest of cooks… like me:
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups canned pumpkin, mashed
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg plus 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, optional
- 1 piece pre-made pie dough
- Whipped cream, for topping
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place 1 piece of pre-made pie dough down into a (9-inch) pie pan and press down along the bottom and all sides. Pinch and crimp the edges together to make a pretty pattern. Put the pie shell back into the freezer for 1 hour to firm up. Fit a piece of aluminum foil to cover the inside of the shell completely. Fill the shell up to the edges with pie weights or dried beans (about 2 pounds) and place it in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes, remove the foil and pie weights and bake for another 10 minutes or until the crust is dried out and beginning to color.
For the filling, in a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with a hand mixer. Add the pumpkin and beat until combined. Add the sugar and salt, and beat until combined. Add the eggs mixed with the yolks, half-and-half, and melted butter, and beat until combined. Finally, add the vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger, if using, and beat until incorporated.
Pour the filling into the warm prepared pie crust and bake for 50 minutes, or until the center is set. Place the pie on a wire rack and cool to room temperature. Cut into slices and top each piece with a generous amount of whipped cream.
This recipe is from Paula Deen that she has put on the food network website at http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/pumpkin-pie-recipe/index.html
I trust her recipe to be delicious. Happy baking!
Old Fashion Apple Pie- Courtesy of Sue Thebner
Pie Crust
- 1 deep dish Mrs. Frozen pie shells
- Defrost 1 package pie shells (prick bottom all over)
Filling
- 3 lbs. Mcintosh Apples- peeled, cored and cut into ½” slices
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup heavy cream (liquid)
Instructions
- Toss apples, sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cream together into a bowl.
- Preheat oven to 450F
- Spoon filling into uncooked pie shell cover with 2nd raw pie shell. Prick top with fork all over (uncooked) to let the steam vent out.
- Bake 20 minutes
- Reduce heat to 375’F and bake 30-40 minutes more. (should look brown but not to brown when finished)
This recipe I hear is delicious if you can get it right. It is supposed to be a very simple recipe. Happy baking!
Families have many different traditions that they do every year. Mary Reese has continued the same family tradition for as long as she can remember. Every year she drives over to her Grandmother’s house in Lancaster, PA with her twenty-two other family members. When they get there, the whole family sits around the table and shares what they are thankful for and who they are thankful for. Afterwards, the food is brought out, and they dig in. Mary explains that her Grandmother makes all the food herself; something not all families do. After the Thanksgiving meal, they take a peaceful walk through the woods to an old fashion candy store, and Mary and her family buy thanksgiving candy sticks.
Catherine DeMent has a tradition of staying home all day with her family in their pajamas. They cook the Thanksgiving meal throughout the day with each other and watch the football games on television. Catherine and her dad created a new type of food that she calls “corn-alla- Catherine”. Thanksgiving Day is a relaxing day for the DeMent family.
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