At this time of year, most people (at least in the US) are dreaming of turkey with all the fixin's or pumpkin or pecan pie . . . but not us cookiers! Instead, we're conjuring up ways to turn our favorite Thanksgiving foods into cookies . . . or new and different Thanksgiving-y cookies to make from non-Thanksgiving-y cutters . . . or some other approach to set our holiday cookies apart from the cornucopia of typical Thanksgiving offerings.
In this week's top ten hot list*, you'll see all of the above creative juices - and more - flowing in everything from knobbly gourds to cute-as-a-button turkeys, pilgrims, and indians. With all of the ideas here, who knows . . . maybe I'll skip the pumpkin pie this year?! 
Happy (early) Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
#1: Fall Leaves by Hani at Haniela's
#2: Multi-Color Turkeys by cookiely
#3: Thanksgiving Cookie Assortment by Debbie R
#4: Cute Turkeys by cookiely [EDITOR'S NOTE: Cookiely does it again . . .]
#5: Thanksgiving by Veronica Lee [EDITOR'S NOTE: Veronica's "corrected" version of this image, including mouths, also ranked high on the hot list - though not quite as high! Just goes to show that sometimes less is more! 
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#6: Thanksgiving Versus Christmas by Lauren Dorsee Dillon
#7: Pilgrim Pumpkins by cookiely [EDITOR'S NOTE: . . . and again! Triple congrats this week!]
#8: Knobbly Gourd by Lauren Dorsee Dillon [EDITOR'S NOTE: And Lauren does it again too! Woo hoo! I should add that great minds think alike. You'll see what I mean when I post Honeycat's tutorial early next week.]
#9: Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Cookies by My Cookie Clinic
And, last but not least, this week's cuter-than-cute "cover" cookie . . .
#10: Turkey Time by Michelle west Sion
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