This year, instead of “Pie Day” in preparation for Thanksgiving, I spread the work out over two Pie Days! I had nine pies to make, plus I wanted to spend as much time with Bunny as possible once she got home from college this afternoon, so I made two s’mores pies (a first for us…I’ve never made two of the same pie before!) and a chocolate-hazelnut pie yesterday (I also made the cranberries then, too). Today we took care of the rest of the pies, including a new addition to the lineup, a pineapple pie, plus pumpkin, butterscotch, caramel-apple (made by Bunny), pecan, and vanilla cream:

Nine pies is still our Thanksgiving record!

That one day of the year when the kitchen turns into a bakery is here! This year I made nine pies, and I even tried a new recipe! I also worked a bit at making my crusts look prettier, with some mixed results…pie crust is just not something I’m good at.

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Here’s the rundown:

• Cranberry custard
• Nutella
• Blueberry
• Butterscotch
• Pumpkin
• Pecan
• Caramel apple
• S’mores
• Apple crumb

It’s going to be hard to wait until tomorrow to dig in!

Happy Pie Day!

We baked eight pies today. Not a record, but still a lot of pies, and our house smells like a bakery!

Caramel-apple (Bunny made this one, and it’s definitely the prettiest of the bunch!):

Lemon meringue:

Cranberry-apple:

Peanut butter:

Pecan (Someday I’ll make a pecan pie that actually looks pretty, but until then, at least it tastes good!):

S’mores:

Butterscotch:

Pumpkin:

Now we just have to wait until tomorrow to dig in!

As I always do the day before Thanksgiving, I spent the better part of today making pies. One for each member of the family, as is our tradition:

This year’s pie lineup:

• Ryan–Caramel apple
• Me–Spiced cranberry apple
• Turkey–Peanut butter cup
• Bunny–Pecan
• Ladybug–Butterscotch
• Moose–S’mores
• Chickadee–Pumpkin

Chickadee did actually pick her pie this year, but I think pumpkin pie is the only one she really knows by name…I hope she’s happy with her choice!

As is our tradition, I made seven pies today…one for each member of the family:

Here’s the pie lineup:

• Ryan–Peanut butter cup
• Me–Wassail (cranberry apple)
• Turkey–Pecan
• Bunny–Butterscotch
• Moose–S’mores
• Ladybug–Caramel apple
• Chickadee–Pumpkin

Technically, Chickadee still can’t choose her pie flavor, since she doesn’t really have a favorite yet, so she was assigned pumpkin. Maybe next year she’ll pick her own!