I have always believed that Thanksgiving dessert is pie, including pumpkin, but it doesn’t have to be. My daughter and grandson (the culinary school student) bake pies for dinner at my house, but sometimes I make something too.
When my mother was with us for Thanksgiving, we had to have Jello with banana slices. Her reasoning was that everyone was too full after dinner to have pie, but there was enough room for Jello. She prepared it in some really pretty amber-colored sherbet glasses, and topped them with whipped cream. I still have the amber-colored sherbet glasses, but I’m afraid that the Jello has gone by the wayside in my house!
Apple cake might be a good choice, and I have a surplus of apples right now. This one is delicious!
This is Apple Coffee Cake with Crumble Topping and Brown Sugar Glaze.
Follow the link to the Food Network post (it’s an Emeril recipe) for the ingredients list and directions. Personally, I think it is so delicious because it uses brown sugar in all of its elements; cake, crumble, and glaze. I wouldn’t call it a coffee cake, either. It’s a cake for any time or occasion.
I have been making this pie for years. I first tasted it at a restaurant where my boss and some of our employees would go for lunch for a special occasion, or when we were entertaining customers. That was in the 1970’s/1980’s. The restaurant was called The Farm House, and they had the BEST homemade food, especially desserts! I’ll never forget their beef short ribs with noodles. Sadly, they went out of business some years ago.
Sour Cream Apple Pie
Ingredients
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
3⁄4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1⁄2 cups apples, peeled and thinly sliced or finely chopped
1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust
Crumb Topping
1/2 cup brown sugar
1⁄4 cup butter
1⁄3 cup flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preparation
Beat sour cream and egg together.
Add flour, sugar, salt and vanilla.
Mix until smooth.
Stir in apples.
Pour into the pie shell, and bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes.
Mix the crumb topping ingredients until crumbly.
Remove pie from oven and spread with crumb topping.
Bake 20 more minutes.
In case you missed it, here is a link to this year’s Thanksgiving recipe thread:
What do you plan to serve for Thanksgiving dessert? Do you have something new that you want to try?
Stella's Place 
Sweet potato pie will be the new item on the menu, by request.
The old favorite apple pie will be slightly new, Dutch Apple pie instead of the conventional double crust pie.
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