Dallas Dreams of Thanksgiving

 THANKSGIVING >   This is my favorite holiday.  A holiday totally focused around a Giant meal.  Family comes together to just eat and hang out play games.  And there is always a lot a of Pie.  All of this with out the pressure associated with giving and receiving gifts from others.  Truly the ultimate holiday.  

I was only going to make one awesome pie for thanksgiving, a large Apple-Cranberry Pie, but Amy felt like it just wasn't Thanksgiving unless there was at least one pie per person, so we ended up making 4 pies, and then some friends brought us 2 more! That is a lot of pies, and we didn't really need that many. But it was delicious.  I thought the best pie was the Apple Cranberry one that i made.  Very interesting mix of flavors, and I thought it was very appropriate for Thanksgiving.  Amy cooks many things she finds on "Mel's kitchen Cafe," this pie came from that site.  Mel says it is one of her all time favorite Thanksgiving pies. I thought it turned out pretty well. 

Apple Cranberry

Pumpkin

Mixed Berry


The neighbors also brought Dutch Apple and Pecan pie.  That is a LOT of pies ....

Close up on the Cranberry- Apple

Yum, Yum


Aside from the pies, the rest of Thanksgiving was pretty delicious.  We made a Turkey, by ourselves, for the first time in our lives.  It turned out ok.  It think it had a good flavor, but we might have over cooked it a little, a rookie mistake.  Anyway, Delicious food for all and left overs galore! 


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