Holidays, Turkey Topped Pecan Pie

the Painted Apron

7 years ago

Let’s talk a little turkey…

An easy pie decoration~

And an easy pie!

Have you seen Pecan Pie in a jar?

I have seen it at Trader Joe’s, Williams Sonoma, and it’s available on line at Amazon here

I took a little liberty and added some chocolate chips

I love Trader Joe’s pie crust too, it’s so buttery and flaky!

Brush the pie crust cookie cut outs with egg

I used black decorating sugar for the pilgrim hat

A mix of yellow and red gel food colors created the orange for Tom turkey

When researching fun facts about Thanksgiving for the Tablescape Hop last week I discovered this:

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be our national bird. Franklin wrote in a letter to his daughter that the eagle had “bad moral character,” and that the turkey was a “much more respectable bird.”

Thomas Jefferson thought a Federal holiday for Thanksgiving was “the most ridiculous idea” ever conceived. It’s been said that Benjamin Franklin named the male turkey “Tom” to spite Thomas because of their differences of opinion about the holiday and the national bird.

Bake the turkeys until they are almost done and add pecan feathers during the last few minutes so they don’t burn

The color kind of does it’s own thing during baking

Gobble Gobble!

If you don’t want to use Pecan Pie in a Jar, here are some tasty alternatives

Easy recipe for Chocolate Pecan Pie here

Pecan Pie Minis

Pecan Pie Cheesecakes

Pie Crust Turkey Cookies

perfect for nibbling or decorating your Thanksgiving Pies!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword pie crust cookies, pilgrim hat cookies, Thanksgiving, turkey cookies, turkey pie decoration

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Equipment

cookie cutters

Ingredients

refrigerated pie crust dough or homemade dough rolled out as for pie
1 egg beaten
food coloring or food gel colors
pecan halves
decorating sugar

Instructions

Cut dough into desired shapes with cookie cutters.

Turkeys

Brush lightly with egg then desired color or colors. {mix yellow and red together for orange} Bake “cookies” on a sil pat or parchment lined baking sheet at 400 degrees, checking after 5 minutes. A few minutes before cookies are done add pecan “leaves” and return to oven to finish.*
*if you add pecans too early they might burn