5 Easy Thanksgiving Desserts Recipes

Here are 5 easy Thanksgiving dessert recipes to complete your holiday feast. After all, Thanksgiving is all about the food and the football. Easy delicious recipes give you more time to enjoy your day with friends and family. Be sure to have a big appetite and plenty of whip-cream on hand to top these Thanksgiving desserts.

1. Easy Apple Crisp

Ingredients:

• 6 Granny Smith apples
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 1/4 cup butter, cut into slices

1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
2. Grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
3. Combine melted butter, flour, brown sugar, white sugar, oats and half the cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Mixture should be crumbly.
4. Meanwhile, Peel, core and cut the apples into slices.
5. Place apples in baking dish, creating a single layer.
6. Spread batter over apples.
7. Place remaining ¼ cup butter slices over batter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon.
8. Bake for 50 minutes until light golden brown.

2. Thanksgiving Day Pecan Pie

Ingredients:

• 3 large eggs
• ½ cup dark corn syrup
• ½ cup molasses
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 9-inch unbaked pie crust

1. Preheat oven to 350º F.
2. Whisk eggs until well beaten.
3. Combine eggs, corn syrup, molasses, brown sugar, butter and vanilla extract.
4. Create a single layer of pecan halves in bottom of pie crust.
5. Pour mixture over pecans.
6. Bake one hour.
7. Test doneness with butter knife or toothpick, which should come out clean.
8. Allow to cool before serving.

3. Easy Peasy Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 cups pumpkin puree
• 1-1/2 cups evaporated milk
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch single crust pie

1. Preheat oven to 450º F.
2. Combine brown sugar and pumpkin, mixing thoroughly.
3. Stir in flour, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
4. Whisk egg until slightly beaten.
5. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, evaporated milk, molasses and honey, stirring thoroughly.
6. Gradually combine both mixtures, stirring until well blended.
7. Pour batter into pie shell.
8. Bake ten minutes at 450º F, and then reduce temperature to 325º F.
9. Bake another 30 minutes.
10. Test doneness with butter knife or toothpick, which should come out clean.
11. Allow to cool before serving.

4. Thank-you Very Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Topping:  ¼ cup white sugar and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, mixed

1. Preheat oven to 300º F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, mixing thoroughly.
3. In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar and butter, blending until it forms a paste.
4. Add eggs and vanilla extract to sugar/butter mixture, blending thoroughly.
5. Combine wet and dry ingredients, blending until just moist.
6. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and drop onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Top with cinnamon sugar and bake for eighteen to twenty minutes.
8. Transfer cookies to cool surface as soon as they come out of the oven.

5. Peach Cobbler Paradise 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups fresh peaches, sliced
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract  

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt, blending thoroughly.
3. Stir in milk and almond extract.
4. Pour melted butter into the bottom of a 9-inch baking dish and then top with batter.
5. Add peaches to top of batter in a single layer, along with any peach juice.
6. Bake for 30 minutes or until top is light-golden.