Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pies

Oh, pumpkin pie, how I love you! Despite the fact that I have infamously burned the Thanksgiving pumpkin pies on two non-consecutive occasions (ca. 1993, ca. 2001) my family trusted me to make the pumpkin pies again this year and they turned out just fine. I'm so used to making them the same way, year after year, that any other pumpkin pie just doesn't taste right anymore.

Others in the family are much better photographers than I am, so they took most of the people shots, and I took most of the people-eating-pie-pictures. Most importantly, the darling-nephews-eating-pie photos. But I will see about getting a group shot of the Thanksgiving table for full effect. Aside from eating pie with all the family, the other highlight of holiday pie this year was the fact that I fielded pie-related phone calls and texts from two independently-acting friends. I'm like a small scale version of the turkey hot line! Fortunately, based on reports and gorgeous after photos my pie advice did not destroy any baked goods. All in all, a lovely holiday. Hope everyone got plenty of pie, and especially some post-holiday breakfast pie.