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End Thanksgiving on a High Note with These 10 Dessert Recipes

by Williams-Sonoma Editors

With so much focus on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, it’s easy to forget the grand finale for our favorite meal of the year: desserts. Whether you swear by classics like pumpkin pie and pecan pie or are looking for a brand-new spin on things (hello, roasted pear pie and spiced ginger Bundt cake!), these autumnal recipes have you covered. Keep reading to get inspired.

Roasted Pear Pie with Bourbon-Vanilla Ice Cream

This beautiful dessert showcases fall’s fresh pears to best advantage. Serve with scoops of bourbon-vanilla ice cream for a grown-up finish to the meal. Much of the work can be done in advance, including making the ice cream and the dough.

Spiced Pear Tarte Tatin

A traditional tarte tatin uses apples and a classic pastry crust, but this version substitutes pears and flaky puff pastry for a beautiful effect with a minimum of effort.

Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Streusel

Any type of sweet potato can be used for this recipe, although the yam, particularly the Garnet yam, is preferred.

Apple and Cranberry Galette

This beautiful open-faced pastry, with scarlet cranberries nestled among golden apple slices, is a gorgeous finale for a holiday meal. Because the fruit filling has been simmered before it goes into the oven, the galette bakes quickly and evenly.

Pumpkin Chai Mini Pies

In these mini versions of the Thanksgiving classic, pumpkin gets all the warm, fragrant flavors of chai: cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and cloves.

Maple-Pecan Pie with Shortbread Crust

The dark sweetness of maple brings out the pecan flavor and a toothsome shortbread crust is a nice contrast to the texture of this striking pie.

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Be sure to use a deep-dish pie dish for this recipe.To add a fanciful finish to this pumpkin pie, use decorative piecrust cutters to create shapes from rolled-out pie dough. Then bake the cutouts and place them on the baked and cooled pie.

Deconstructed Apple Crisp with Buttermilk Ice Cream

The pastry chef at Blackberry Farms gives the classic apple crisp a creative makeover: The topping is transformed into oatmeal cookies that are served atop the apple filling in individual bowls. A scoop of buttermilk ice cream adds the perfect finishing touch.

Salted Caramel Apple Pie with Lattice Crust

Capture the flavor of fall with a delicious apple pie, a traditional autumn favorite that gets a modern twist here with the addition of salted caramel.

Spiced Ginger Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze

This gingery spice cake is made moist with a combination of buttermilk and light molasses and sweet with a rich caramel glaze. A dollop of lightly whipped cream on top of each slice adds just the right touch.

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