Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes for Kids
Posted: May 14, 2012 Filed under: KIDS DESSERTS RECIPES Leave a comment »When Thanksgiving is approaching, what is the one food item that is on most kids mind? If you guessed pie, you’d be absolutely right!
Adults tend to savor the entire Thanksgiving meal, getting pleasure out of each and every bite of cranberry sauce, stuffing, and sweet potato. Kids would just assume skip the fanfare of a home cooked meal and go straight to dessert.
The traditional pumpkin and apple pie probably take center stage on most Thanksgiving dessert tables around the table. Sure you can buy these favorites at your local market, but have you ever wished you could bake your own luscious pies?
Or, are you the kind of family that likes to buck tradition and go with Thanksgiving dessert recipes that are a little more fun and festive? Why not create a beautiful display of turkey or fall leaf sugar cookies, and decorate them with naturally colored icing? Pretty individual bowls of cranberry sorbet make a welcome addition to any Thanksgiving meal.
Why not get your little ones involved in the Thanksgiving baking and cooking process? Take them shopping with you to pick out ingredients, and then give them an apron and get started!
We’ve found these delicious and easy Thanksgiving dessert recipes that appeal to kids and adults alike…
Pumpkin Pie with Rustic Spelt Crust
(from www.OhSheGlows.com)
Ingredients (9-inch pie)
For the crust
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole grain spelt flour
- 1/4 cup dry sugar (Natural cane sugar, brown sugar, or Sucanat)
- 2 tbsp ground flax seed
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted OR Earth Balance, melted
For the filling
- 2 & 1/4 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1/2 cup natural cane sugar or brown sugar
- 1/4 cup full-fat coconut cream (or almond milk), softened
- 1 tbsp Earth Balance, softened
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 tbsp arrowroot powder (or cornstarch)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Pinch of ground cloves
Instructions
- Crust (1): Preheat oven to 425F and grab 9-inch pie dish. In a large bowl or stand mixer, mix dry crust ingredients. Pour in milk and melted coconut oil. With an electric mixer, mix just until the dough forms into a few lumps. Do not over mix. The dough should be moist, but not too sticky. If it’s too sticky work in a tiny bit of flour when rolling.
- Crust (2): On a non-stick mat or lightly floured surface, roll out dough until it’s a couple inches wider than the pie dish. Place pie dish on top of dough and trim the edges leaving 1-inch around the edge. Gently roll the dough onto the rolling pin and then unroll over top of dish or just flip the baking mat over with the dish on top. Tuck the edges of the dough under and then crimp/flute the edge using your fingers (see photos below). Poke 12 fork holes into base and pre-bake the crust for 7 minutes at 425F, no pie weights required. Roll out remaining dough and cut shapes with cookie cutters. Cover dough shapes with plastic wrap.
- Filling: In a small bowl or mug, whisk together the maple syrup and arrowroot powder (or cornstarch). In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients, adjusting spices to taste.
- To bake: Scoop the filling into crust and smooth. Add cutouts on top. Bake for 45 mins at 350F. Remove and cover crust edges with tinfoil or crust shield. Bake for another 15 mins. Place on cooling rack for 1 hour. Transfer to fridge to set for a minimum of 3 hours or overnight. (this is very important!)
- Tips and tricks: 1) The dough should NOT be chilled, but rolled immediately. 2) Using full-fat coconut cream (from the top of the can) yields in a richer and creamier filling (I couldn’t detect the coconut taste much), but feel free to use almond milk. 3) The pie must set in the fridge for a minimum of 3 hours before serving. The longer it chills for, the more it firms up.
If you’re looking for great Thanksgiving cookie recipes for kids, try this one from www.adventuresofaglutenfremom.com and shape them into whatever your kids like…
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