This Thanksgiving, we’re holding onto our loved ones, and the cherished traditions that connect and comfort us, a little tighter. In that spirit, we asked readers to share their families’ most treasured holiday recipes and the stories behind them. Here are a few of the answers we received.
Pumpkin Pie, Extra Spice
My family’s treasured recipe is for pumpkin pie. This recipe comes from my great grandma (my dad’s grandma) who died about 40 years ago. It is unique due to the amount of cinnamon it calls for. This is not your usual orange pumpkin pie; it gets its color from the cinnamon and is therefore brown. The other oddity is the pepper. I do not add it when I make it.After my mom and dad got married, my mom asked Grandma for the recipe. She said she didn’t have one, that she just put it together. The recipe exists because my mom watched Grandma make the pie and measured everything as she put the filling together. It was only made at Thanksgiving, so it was almost more treasured than the turkey.
