Usually I'm an advocate for new twists on old favorites, but this year I've decided to err on the side of tradition and whip up some of the finest, tastiest, and least adulterated slices I can find. No au courant flavor additions, shape changes, or newfangled techniques up my sleeve this Thanksgiving. First, I'm making this heavy-on-the-spices, smooth-as-silk pumpkin pie. Then, I might move on to this Texas-grandmother-approved pecan pie and breeze through to the homestretch with this straight up, no-fuss apple pie.

For those of you who want to buck the traditional bandwagon, try this pumpkin cheesecake, replace pecans for walnuts in thispumpkin-walnut cake, or add a little zucchini to the dessert table with this chocolate zucchini cake.

Any way you decide to play it, these pies will undoubtedly merit a cornucopia of thanks around the Thanksgiving table.