I dunno, I know washer wants to pipe, but there’s some really gorgeous things you can do with pie and pie crust. It’s not piping, but there’s a really cool skill set to be learned.

If doing a pumpkin pie, could also easily beautifully pipe whipped cream.

My mom used to make turkey cookies:
those molasses cookies with the hershey kiss on top.. I forget how she made them look like turkeys, though. Candy corn for the feathers.

Anonymous wrote:What is a thanksgiving appropriate dessert that tastes good but can also be decorated? DD wants to bake something, but she really wants to decorate her baked goods. When she says decorating, it's more like working with icing/frosting, piping work, etc. So far, we have come up with a cookie box of faux Crumbl cookies. She doesn't want to do cake because people don't really seem to want to eat cake for Thanksgiving.

Giant cookie.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sugar cookies decorated in a Thanksgiving theme

+1, we did this as a group activity at our last family Thanksgiving.

Yes, one of my favorite things at college were sugar cookies at holidays which they had us decorate with icing.

Anonymous wrote:You could do a faux paris brest using a bundt pan. Make any sort of cake in the bundt, slice it in half, put a filling in, and decorate it like a wreath. You could do a real paris brest but it's much more work lol. It's still a cake, but it feels a little fancier and is really fun to decorate.

THis is xmas, but you could easily do t-day instead.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DsGnHqgGfP4/maxresdefault.jpg

Actually, a Paris Brest is a good idea. We've done choux before. Never done praline mousseline, before, but it should be delicious! Also going to look at Mille feuille.

You could do a faux paris brest using a bundt pan. Make any sort of cake in the bundt, slice it in half, put a filling in, and decorate it like a wreath. You could do a real paris brest but it's much more work lol. It's still a cake, but it feels a little fancier and is really fun to decorate.

THis is xmas, but you could easily do t-day instead.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DsGnHqgGfP4/maxresdefault.jpg

Anonymous wrote:Sugar cookies decorated in a Thanksgiving theme

+1, we did this as a group activity at our last family Thanksgiving.

Cookie cake

Sugar cookies decorated in a Thanksgiving theme

Petit four.

She has done too many Yule logs and doesn’t want to do another roll. Maybe cupcakes. I suggested petite fours; not sure she has the skills to make it.

How about a pumpkin roll? She can decorate it it like an autumn log with piped mushrooms, etc

whoops, that was supposed to be a picture of fun cupcakes decorated like t-giving din-din.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTSq8jkT5ZeQSBTopUmO7HcjVwozN9ZGDZR6tbE0UdgB4N_6CI5UNLjYGz6HKvowar4Io&usqp=CAU[img]

What about decorating cupcake to look like different elements of the thanksgiving dinner?

Or just decorate sugar cookies like little turkeys, pieces of pie, gourds. If you want to get fancy, personalize each guest's name/initials on a cookie and put it in a goody bag for them to take home with them.

What is a thanksgiving appropriate dessert that tastes good but can also be decorated? DD wants to bake something, but she really wants to decorate her baked goods. When she says decorating, it's more like working with icing/frosting, piping work, etc. So far, we have come up with a cookie box of faux Crumbl cookies. She doesn't want to do cake because people don't really seem to want to eat cake for Thanksgiving.