Top Ten Pie Varieties

While Pumpkin Pie is a given for your Thanksgiving dessert spread, you may wrestle with indecision as you try to determine the other pie varieties. Some swear by apple, others pecan, but we decided to share Food & Wine's Top Ten All-Time Favorite Pies, to add some other less well-known favorites into the decision mix this year.

1. Georgia Peach Pie - Flaky crust, sweet peach filling, what's not to love?! Finding good peaches in Minnesota right now, perhaps? 
2. Coconut Custard Meringue Pie - Cool, creamy coconut custard topped with heavenly clouds of meringue? Yes, please!
3. Deep Dish Strawberry Rhubarb Pie - A perfectly Midwestern treat. If your Rhubarb is done for the year (or covered with snow, look, for it at your favorite specialty grocery store (or even try to sub in some frozen rhubarb). 
4. Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Pie - A spiced graham cracker crust filled with perfectly sweet Dulce de Leche ice cream (try Häagen-Dazs®) and topped with your favorite sundae toppings. The kid in everyone will be screaming for ice cream. 
5. Chocolate Cream Pie - Sandwich a rich velvety chocolate pudding filling with a dense chocolate crust and vanilla-flavored whipped cream and you have a smash hit on your hands, my friend.
6. Yogurt & Apricot Pie with Crunchy Granola Crust - A sweet and tart pie that's good for both the tastebuds and the heart? Your health-conscious, sweet loving guests will be thanking you all the way until Christmas (when they ask you to make it again). 
7. Flaky Pear Pie - A beautiful, flaky (lard-based) double-crust pie with a lightly sweetened pear filling. Just a hint of spice will land this pie the spotlight in your Thanksgiving Day spread.
8. Chilled Grapefruit Caramel Meringue Pie - This seemingly disastrous combination, with its layers of pink grapefruit curd over graham cracker crust, caramel sauce and delightful meringue is actually not good, it's simply delectable. If you're looking for a unique pie to add depth to your dessert table, you've found it in this one. 
9. Chocolate Pecan Pie - While traditional pecan pie is a staple around the holidays, the addition of dark chocolate creates a rich, fudgy texture and an irresistible treat is born.  
10. Lime Cream-Blackberry Pie - The delightfully tart combination of freshly made blackberry jam topped with a cool lime cream inside a sweet and buttery graham cracker crust is a solid complement to other pies and adds a hint of summer flavor to your autumnal feast. 

Happy baking, happy eating, Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!