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Originally Posted by travelling_man
I have the task of bringing a dessert this year to the family dinner. Any good ideas outside of the traditional pumpkin pie, etc?
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First, who would have pumpkin pie when you could have a sweet potato pie. But I suppose that's not really the question.
My first thought was mince meat pie. A very easy to fix, two crust pie. Just buy some mince meat at the store (unless you have home made mince meat), put on your top crust or lattice, bake it an you're done.
Also pecan pie, as was previously suggested. Alway good and perfectly seasonal right now. Also, a good home made apple pie is always in style and fresh apples are in the grocery store now.
Finally, what about some fired pies? I did this a few years ago. Just get out the old coffee can and cut circles of pasty, fill them with your favorite pie fillings, peach, apricot, apple, etc., and either fry them (or bake them). Just like your granny made them when you were a kid!!
I did a baking pan full of both. If you bake them, cover with butter or egg wash and sprinkle sugar on top. If you fry them, sprinkle some sugar or powdered sugar on them when you take them out of the fat.
Banana pudding is a good second dessert to take. Or a chocolate sheet cake. Frosted cinnamon pecans made a week or so in advance are nice to much on after lunch. It's never too early to make a batch of fudge, which can be done well ahead of time. A three layer German chocolate cake with coconut frosting will get better for a day or so.
if i was offered a last meal
! I make my giblet gravy from Emeril's Big Bird recipe, and I use the brining and cooking techniques (high heat at first, then lowered, etc.) of Alton.
