Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes

After a delicious turkey dinner, what you need next, in order to bring the lovely evening to an end, are some mouth-watering desserts. You can easily get these desserts from outside, but the main fun lies in making these desserts at home (with the help of your kids) and then watching them and the rest of the family enjoy it. I don't know why but homemade stuff always tastes so much better than stuff brought from the store. Maybe it's because homemade food includes the 'secret ingredient'...love, which is not there in the store brought food. Need some dessert recipes to try out this Thanksgiving? Here are some of the best Thanksgiving dessert recipes that you can try at home and enjoy.

Recipes for Thanksgiving

Remember the episode in the TV series 'Friends' where Rachel tries her hand at Thanksgiving dessert and combines two recipes together and they all end up with a dessert with beef...Urrgghhh! Well! Hoping that you will read the recipes carefully, here are some recipes which you can try out tonight. They are simple and you won't need much time to prepare them.

Chocolate Pecan Tart
This is one chocolate pecan tart which your family is never going to forget and they are going to ask for not second but probably third or fourth helping as well. So, just to be on the safer side, make some more.

Things Required

For crust

• Pecan halves (4)
• Cinnamon (grounded ⅛ teaspoon)
• Butter (unsalted 4 tablespoons)
• Golden brown sugar (packed ⅛ cup)

Filling

• Chocolate chips (semi sweet 24 ounces)
• Whipped cream (1 cup)

For Sauce

• Sugar (2 cups and more if needed)
• Whipped cream
• Butter (unsalted 1 cup)

Method

1. The first thing that you have to do is make the crust. For this, you have to mix or blend the pecan halves, the sugar and the cinnamon in a blender and also add the butter while blending. Blend till the whole thing mixes properly and there are no lumps in the mixture.
2. Now, put this mixture in a 9 inch tart pan which has a removable bottom.
3. Bake this for the next 20 minutes (temperature 325ºF), until the color of the crust turns golden brown. Once this is done, keep it aside and let it cool at room temperature.
4. The next part is where you learn how to make the filling. Heat the whipped cream over a low flame till you see bubbles coming out from it. Then add the chips and keep stirring it, till the chips melts properly into the cream. Pour this mixture into the crust and put it in the refrigerator to cool.
5. Now let's make the sauce. Melt the butter over a medium flame and add the sugar and keep heating till the color turns golden brown. Next add the cream and boil for about 10 to 15 minutes. Let it cool.
6. Take out the tart pan and remove the sides and the bottom and put it one the platter, and serve with the sauce. I assure you your family is going to love it.

Cheesecake Pie
If you love cheesecake, then you have to try out this recipe. It will leave everyone licking their fingers and asking for more.

Things Required

• Brown sugar (⅔ cup)
• Butter (1 cup)
• Vanilla (4 teaspoons)
• Powdered sugar (4 tablespoons)
• Soft packaged cream cheese (18 ounce)
• Whipped cream (⅛ cup)
• Lemon juice (2 tablespoons)
• Egg yolks (4)
• Salt (as per taste)
• Chopped walnuts (⅔ cup)
• Milk (½ cup)
• Lemon juice (2 tablespoons)
• Flour (2 cups)
• Unflavored gelatin (2 envelopes)

Method

1. In a bowl, mix the flour, the brown sugar, the nuts as the butter until they form crumbs. Put these crumbs in the oven and bake till they are golden brown (temperature 400ºF).
2. Let these crumbs cool and then keep aside at least ½ a cup aside and the rest press them to the sides as well as the bottom of the 9 inch pie pan.
3. In another pan, mix the sugar, the gelatin and salt and then put in the milk, heavy cream and the yolk and blend it well. Heat this over a medium flame and keep stirring till the mixture is just about to boil and the gelatin has melted properly.
4. Next mix the cream cheese, the lemon juice as the vanilla until the whole mixture turns smooth and fluffy.
5. Cool this in the refrigerator and let it set for the next half an hour. Make sure that it does not set completely.
6. Then, in a bowl, mix the whipped cream and the powdered sugar and also mix the cheese custard mixture well and then fold this in the whipped cream. Put this into the crust and sprinkle with the crumbs that you have left aside earlier. Chill it for three hours and then serve.

Coconut Flan
Need a dessert recipe for kids? Here's a great recipe that kids are going to love.

Things Required

• Eggs (8)
• Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)
• Coconut extract (1 teaspoon)
• Canned coconut milk (2 cups)
• Sugar (2 cups)
• Sweetened condensed milk (2 cans)
• Toasted coconut (1 cup)

Method

1. Boil the sugar first over a medium flame. Do not stir and keep boiling till the sugar turns amber in color.
2. Pour this onto a 9 inch plate.
3. Now blend the condensed milk, the eggs, the coconut milk and then mix the sugar mixture and this mixture together in a blender.
4. Pour this into a pie plate and put the pie plate in a roasting pan, add water (hot) to the pan and then bake for at least 45 minutes (temperature 325ºF) or till the custard sets.
5. Take it out and then cool for sometime and then serve. You can use the toasted coconut to decorate while serving.

Just follow the recipes carefully and get ready for the compliments that you get. Thanksgiving dinner is not complete without these desserts. So go get the ingredients now and start baking.