Tonight Ryan and I sat side by side on the couch with my laptop propped up on his lap.
Our mission: Find a dessert to make for Thanksgiving.
I told Ryan is was his job to select the dessert this year.
He tossed around several ideas, including chocolate pecan pie and Paula Deen’s pumpkin gooey butter cake, before eventually settling on this beauty:
I looked at the recipe, which calls for placing a portion of the mousse mixture in an ice bath for a bit before continuing with the recipe.
I told him that a recipe that calls for an ice bath is ridiculous and said we could find a much easier version of pumpkin mousse to make.
Apparently this is not an option.
Ryan wants the ice bath pumpkin mousse.
So that is what we will be making. Stay tuned! 😀
What dessert will you be making or enjoying on Thanksgiving?
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Ummmm that looks incredible
Gonna make my first apple pie from scratch, :::cross your fingers:::
YUM! I bet it will be a hit 😀
I made this Frozen Peanut Butter Turtle Pie, a la Cool Whip, except I made it a true turtle pie and put the pecans on the bottom with the caramel, instead of on top. I also healthified it slightly, using 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup Equal for baking, and using 1/3 reduced fat cream cheese. The “test” pie was, to quote my mother, “decadent” and so easy to make (and no baking involved!).
http://brands.kraftfoods.com/CoolWhip/main.aspx?s=recipe&m=recipe/knet_recipe_display&Rpage=3&u1=bytype&u2=4*&u3=**49*1024&wf=9&recipe_id=118036
Boo to links that don’t accurately link! Trying it again: http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/frozen-peanut-butter-turtle-118036.aspx
Gotta love a man who knows what he wants 😉
but ice baths??? really???
Hahaha! He’s a man of good taste!
We will be trying an apple pie (again.) Our first attempt is here:
http://bloomingbuzz.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/pommes-pie/
It was good but not that perfectly awesome dessert we’ll want on Thanksgiving…but the ice cream didn’t hurt 😉
Yum. I made a chocolate cake with meringue buttercream that I made taste like cookie dough. Exactly. I toyed with also making pumpkin mousse and am still undecided.
hmmm maybe he should rethink his choice…I have made the pumpkin ooey gooey butter cake and it’s to die. I’ve hadfriends who couldn’t compliment it enough
Everyone will think I’m crazy, but I hate pumpkin! I’m the only person in the blog world who doesn’t like it. What’s wrong w/ me?! 😉
don’t worry! the blogworld loves larabars and i think they taste like butt.
I’m intrigued by that ice bath….
Anyway, I’m making this Pumpkin Brownie “Pie” for Thanksgiving (sans the pecans though).
It’s located somewhere on this page: http://ohsheglows.com/2010/10/03/project-food-blog-challenge-3-luxury-dinner-party/
I hope everyone likes it! Looks delish to me.
Also, for the mousse, you could consider using the recipe pie filling that Joy the Baker posted just today: http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2010/11/almost-no-bake-pumpkin-cream-pie-with-maple-whipped-cream/
Never heard of a mousse that needed an ice bath…..can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Yum! My guess is that the ice bath is worth it. Ice baths after my long runs always make my legs feel better, lol!
Sounds like your dessert recipe is pretty involved. Maybe after you use the ice bath to make the mousse, you can put the ice down his shirt etc. to get him back. Get my drift here?
I am going to be making carmel apple toffee dip (which I will include in a later blog post) and these cookies: http://thescenefromme.com/2010/11/23/shortbread-white-chocolate-cherry-style/
Good luck with the ice!
Wow, that’s definitely the pumpkin ‘princess’ of all mousses – an ICE bath, hahaha.
I don’t know what I’m making yet for dessert, but I’ve been toying with the idea of making some pumpkin spice cookies to enjoy with banana soft serve – my family has yet to be introduced to the wonder that is guiltless ice cream.
Pumpkin mousse sounds like the perfect dessert to me!
That looks fantastic!
I’m not having any dessert. The SO doesn’t want to celebrate. 🙁
I may have to go get some pumpkin pie without him!
We’re making two–and one is in the oven as we speak! A little premature, maybe, but too good to postpone. The one in process is a pecan pie brownie and can be found here: http://www.howsweeteats.com/2010/11/22/bourbon-pecan-pie-brownies/comment-page-2/#comment-35353. The second one, to be made tomorrow evening, is Ina’s Pear-Apple Crisp. No skimping in this house.
Both will be topped with heaping scoops of ice cream, no doubt. It’s the holidays…right!?!
And I have to give it up for Ryan, desserts with those extra ridiculous steps tend to be the best–and oh so worth it in the end. Great choice!
I have never gave any of my recipes an ice bath, but interesting…. Looks delicious though 🙂
That looks amazing! My hubby looked over and went “what is that…whatever it is, I want it!”. Definitely a winner in his book too!
We’re going to make a pineapple cake with cream cheese frosting. It’s a recipe that my mom has had forever and it is amazing! One of my favorites for sure!
Looks delicious! Yummy!
I haven’t decided what I’m making for Thanksgiving dessert yet, but my mom and I are tossing around a healthy apple pie or a healthy pumpkin pie. (I vote for pumpkin since I’m not a big apple pie person!)
The other day (for practice thanksgiving) I made “Peanut Butter Thing”, which is an ice cream cake with crushed oreos, caramel, and bits of peanut butter cookie dough. Next time I’m substituting the caramel for a peanut butter sauce. It was not peanut butter-y enough for us!
http://www.notyouraveragejoes.com/recipes/
Haha, sounds like Ryan takes his desserts seriously!! I’m making Mama Pea’s cookie dough balls…not exactly Thanksgiving-y, but they’re absolutely delicious!
That looks insanely delicious!!! Good luck in the preparation! 🙂
This is my first Thanksgiving away from my parents (but I will be spending it with my brother and SIL) which means WE do all of the cooking instead of drinking wine and beer while entertaining my mom and friends while they cook. 🙂 So, I’m making a low-fat (but delicious) version of the traditional pumpkin pie. (BTW, my parents are somewhere tropical – we were all supposed to go with them but work-duty calls and we all couldn’t take off 🙁 )
I’m going to make an apple crisp and a pumpkin pie! I’ve never made either of them and I am so nervous! I hope they come out good 🙂
I make pumpkin gooey butter cake every year!! It is amazing, I highly recommend that you guys try it out some time!! Good luck with the ice bath mousse!
Maple cheesecake with roasted pears. I’m so intimidated by the roasted pears that I actually dreamed last night that I messed the whole thing up and all my pears were rotten. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for both of us.
UM YES. That looks amazing. Dealing with an ice bath is worth it for sure. I am literally drooling right now.
the photo reminds me of the “meat trifle” that rachel made on one of the friends thanksgiving episodes….
Making a cannoli cake!
oh wow, wanna bring that to my house? 🙂
i made pumpkin brownies last night!
yum! This year I’m tackling a pumpkin bread pudding that I saw Martha Stewart make on The Today Show- it gets drizzled with a dulce de leche sauce at the end. deeeelish.
If my husband wanting something made and I didn’t want to make it, he’d be on his own! But I am very stubborn and as soon as anyone expects something from me I won’t do it. 🙂 I also like like to be cooked for so I’m a bit spoiled. 😉
Same here!
I’m making a pumpkin pie with a graham crust and crunchy pepita topping!!
Sounds really delicious.
Omg! Just had a piece of the ooey gooey cake and you are missing out! Probably worse thing for you but oh my word!
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