pies

My favorite dessert is actually not pie. But for Adam and one of the Elders (who are spending Thanksgiving with us), Thanksgiving is ALL ABOUT THE PIE! Turkey is expendable. Ham is an acceptable substitute. We could probably have cheeseburgers and these guys wouldn't complain as long as there was pie. We're having apple, pumpkin, cherry, blueberry, and banana cream, as well as cheesecake and maybe apple crisp. And on that happy note, Mom, can you please post recipes to make apple pie from scratch and pumpkin pie? NOW? We're doing our pies on Wednesday night. Adam already made the crust and it's in the fridge, but we don't know how to do the filling.

Also, can you post how to make fudge and chocolate covered pretzels? Those are my Christmas requirements, along with frosted sugar cookies and gingerbread and graham cracker houses and candy canes.

For my favorite dessert in general, it's definitely ice cream. We went on a banana split kick for a while this summer. My favorite birthday dessert is now Adam's SUPER CHOCOLATE cake. He puts chocolate chips INTO the chocolate fudge cake mix before it's baked. Then he covers it all with super chocolate frosting, and covers it with more chocolate chips. You need lots of milk to eat it. My favorite Thanksgiving dessert is warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream. My favorite Christmas dessert is fudge.

Thank you for posting all those instructions. We'll get plenty of mileage from them ...

The ultrasound for the baby is in 3 hours and 11 minutes. Sarah gets here tonight with our Christmas stash (yes, we have wrapping paper), and we'll turn her loose on the Smithsonians tomorrow while I'm at work and Adam is at class. We're going to the White House Wednesday morning. Thanksgiving day, between dinner and dessert, we'll take her and the Elders to the Monuments on the Mall. They're in our ward boundaries, but it's hard to get down there without a car. Plus, they're both greenies and haven't gone yet. It will be fun.