A few weeks ago, Scene book editor Margaret Renkl taught me
how to bake a pumpkin pie. (Here's a hint: It involves store-bought crust and
Joy of Cooking.) Freed from the shackles of homemade pie crust, I'm finally hooked on baking. All pie, all the time. I baked all my leftover Halloween decorations. (Upon realizing that he was devouring his very own pumpkin, my 3-year-old reacted as if I'd told him we was eating his hermit crab.) When I ran out of soggy jack-o-lanterns, I turned to sweet
potatoes.Â
With T minus 48 hours until Thanksgiving, I've still got a little
of the baking bug, but my family is pumpkined and yammed out. What other
autumnal fruits or veggies—mixed with the usual medium of evaporated milk, eggs and cinnamon and topped with whipped cream—make for a good Thanksgiving pie? Extra points for pies that don't turn out orange.Â
