The Best Thanksgiving Pie Recipes

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Credit…Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Samantha Seneviratne. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks.

These six stunners will make you want to bring the dessert.

By Vaughn Vreeland

Photographs by Linda Xiao

Styled by Samantha Seneviratne and Paige Hicks

Is there anything more joyful to feed people than pie? Custardy, creamy, jammy, nutty, tart — whatever its flavor and texture, pie is celebratory, often nostalgic and deeply delicious. It makes everyone happy. That’s why I believe having a slice of pie with the people in your life who make you feel whole is the perfect way to end Thanksgiving.

It wasn’t always this way. I always liked eating pie, but it didn’t excite me and I didn’t enjoy baking it. No matter the recipe or approach I used, I was never as confident in my skills as I was in making other sweets. So when my editors asked me to come up with six new pie recipes in honor of the holiday, I made it my mission to fall in love.

I wanted flavors that were chic and cozy in equal measure, enticing enough to inspire you to try something new, but not too intimidating for bakers who break out the rolling pins only once a year. I wanted to both embrace and update the pies we’ve come to associate with Thanksgiving, and for there to be at least one option for everyone, regardless of how much effort you want to put in or what flavors speak to you and your crew.

I baked about five dozen pies to create the six recipes below — and yes, I fell head over heels in the process. I reveled in how soothing and tactile it is to make pie, and how wonderful it was to share it with others and see them sink into bliss at first bite.


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