Happy Thanksgiving to everyone (in the US, at least… the rest of you, just have a happy day!)…
I figured it was time for another Flickr Roundup!  Here are some fun and creative cakes, cookies, and other sweets with a thanksgiving theme… who needs pumpkin pie!

Click through the links below to see the original photos — several have tutorials, too!

1. Turkey Cake Pops, 2. Thanksgiving_Turkey_Cake_Stuffing, 3. Thanksgiving Turkey cookie with pop up timer…. POP! Let’s EAT!, 4. Thanksgiving Cake, 5. Mmmm Oreo Turkey Cookies, 6. Turkey Dinner cupcake, 7. turkey cookies, 8. Thanksgiving Cake, 9. Pilgrim Pumpkin Cake

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We’ve had no power all day, due to storms that came through, so today you’re treated to a re-run of a cool post you might have missed! My mom brought us homemade Oatmeal Cookies for Easter, so I though I’d share the recipe with you. They are soooo yummy. –Dot

Instructions and Recipe below the pics:

Ingredients:
2 Sticks butter, softened.
1 c sugar
1 c brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 c all-purpose flour (fluffed with fork or sifted)
1 teas baking soda
1 teas salt
3 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 c raisins (or instead, 1 1/2 c chocolate chips & 2 cups chopped pecans)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Cream…

I wrote up the Christmas Tree Cookies as an Instructable, and entered it in the Holiday Treats contest. So, if you have a sec (and you like it, of course), please go vote for it!

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Oatmeal Cookies are the best comfort food cookie. And they are so versatile! The handy hubby got the urge to make oatmeal cookies the other day, so I handed him my favorite recipe, and grabbed the camera. He doesn’t like chocolate (I KNOW! CRAZY!) so he made these with raisins (so traditional!), but I love to make these with chocolate chips and pecans instead. OK, so there’s nothing really particularly Christmas-y about these, but don’t they just scream HOME? (Want more Xmas-y? Check out these Christmas Tree Cookies from earlier this week)

Instructions and Recipe below the pics:

Ingredients:
2 Sticks butter, softened.
1 c…

My Aunt Barb and Aunt Denise had the fabulous idea of taking the Wedding Cake Cookies I wrote about previously, and turning them into a fabulous Christmas cookie. These would make wonderful little gifts. As before, there is a good amount of labor involved in putting them together, but I think the results are worth it.

When we got to our thanksgiving destination, they were making these, so I had to grab the camera and document the process for you guys. And of course I got roped into doing a few myself too!

The instructions are below the How To picture below. Click…