12+ Best Thanksgiving Pie Recipes

What's a Thanksgiving table without pie? Our thoughts exactly. So here's our list of some of the best pie recipes we've got, whether you prefer apple, pecan, pumpkin, or something completely different.

Brown Butter Winter Squash

One taste and you'll forget all about that butter and brown sugar trick your mom taught you long ago. Promise.

40 mins

Homemade Muesli

This lovely homemade muesli number, with nary any cardboard-like, dusty-tasting grains or too many raisins, will upend your notion of morning cereal.

10 mins

5 Thanksgiving Desserts

An homage to all the pies, cakes, and tarts—including pumpkin, natch—that'd make a lovely Thanksgiving finish. 'Cuz we all could use a little more sweetness lately.

Quick Posole with Pork

Despite this recipe having a cheater-like approach with a surprisingly short ingredient list and no waiting all day for it to be done, it tastes remarkably like the real deal. Swear.

1 hr 10 mins

Simple Roast Turkey

The operative word in this turkey recipe is simple. Although that word doesn't convey how crisp-skinned, monstrously moist, sigh-inducingly tender, and really quite quick this turkey also is.

2 hrs 30 mins

Chai Spiced Whipped Cream

An incredibly easy and exquisitely spiced embellishment for everything from pumpkin pie to quick breads.

5 mins

Modern Chicken Marbella

Everyone needs a classic back-pocket chicken recipe that's perfect for entertaining. This is it.

9 hrs 30 mins

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Pecans. Chocolate. Bourbon. Dunno about you, but that's sufficient to make us forget all about that other traditional Thanksgiving dessert. Pumpkin who?

55 mins

Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake

Sweetly tart cranberries make an unexpected yet inspired match for this rich, creamy, vanilla-inflected, perfect-for-fall cheesecake. Bye bye, pumpkin pie.

1 hr 15 mins

Spiced Gingerbread with Lemon Glaze

A tender-crumbed, gently spiced cake full of ginger and pumpkin spice flavor. A lemon glaze soaks into the cake, giving it a sweet-tangy boost.

50 mins

Cinnamon-Raisin Swirl Bread

And you thought those perfect swirls of cinnamon raisin awesomeness were something you could only get in store-bought loaf. This recipe dispels that myth.

3 hrs 30 mins

Roasted Sweet Potato and Feta Salad

There's a lot to like here. The caramelized sweetness of sweet potatoes and onions. The salty and tangy creaminess of feta. And the knowing that you're doing something decent for yourself without it tasting like penance.

1 hr 15 mins

How to Make a Perfect Smoothie

It doesn't take an engineering degree to make a decent smoothie. Although it does take a little know-how to make one that makes you want to drink your veggies. Here's how.

15 mins

Homemade Larabars

We got nothing against the Larabars we've been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here's a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

45 mins

Homemade KIND Bars

Nuts. Seeds. Dried fruits. The only thing missing is the fancy cellphone wrapping and the steep price tag. (Did we mention they're gluten-free?)

35 mins

Sweet Potato Cornbread

We could blather on and on about this surprising (and stealthy healthy) riff on a Southern classic that everyone is swearing is the best cornbread they've ever had.

50 mins

Our Best Oatmeal Cookies

These oatmeal cookies are like the baking version of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, which means your cookies end up exactly the way you like them.

1 hr

Melon and Avocado Salad

A combination of taste and textures that seems unconventional yet tastes so intuitive you'll wonder why you haven't tried it before.

25 mins