It could be very difficult to choose. Clockwise from top are slices of pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake, apple tart and Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Chip tart from Just American Desserts. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
The apple tart from Just American Desserts is made in a 10-inch round and features short crust. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Pumpkin cheesecake is another seasonal offering at Just American Desserts in Spokane Valley. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Just American Desserts makes its classic pumpkin pie with half-and-half instead of condensed milk. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
This Kentucky Bourbon Chocolate Chip tart is one of the offerings at longtime Spokane Valley bakery Just American Desserts. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Cyrus O'Leary's cherry cheesecake is photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Mika Maloney’s rustic galette (center) features roasted plums, ginger and pear. You won’t find straight pumpkin pie at her Batch Bakeshop in Sopkane’s West Central neighborhood. Look, instead, for an apple-huckleberry slab pie (left), cranberry cake and apple-pumpkin pie (background). (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
This pumpkin chai-spice pie at Batch Bakeshop features a gluten-free crust and chai from Spokane’s Mandala Chai Co. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
Switch things up this Thanksgiving with a rustic galette from Batch Bakeshop featuring roasted plum and ginger-pear slices. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
This is not an apple pie. This is an apple-pumpkin pie. A layer of scratch-made pumpkin filling rests under beautifully arranged apple slices in this pie from Batch Bakeshop in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
Meet Mira, the pumpkin pie at miFlavour, a newer Spokane bakery which specializes in high-end custom cakes and French macarons. Pumpkin is one of three pies on its product list. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
Mika Maloney’s apple slab pie is decorated with a loosely weaved lattice and butter-crust leaves, shown here close up. The filling includes huckleberries, an Inland Northwest special ingredient. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
Mika Maloney’s apple slab pie is decorated with a loosely weaved lattice and butter-crust leaves. The filling includes huckleberries, an Inland Northwest special ingredient. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
Mika Maloney’s cranberry cake will be available at Batch Bakeshop for Thanksgiving and Christmas. (Adriana Janovich / The Spokesman-Review)
It doesn’t have to be pumpkin.
But, this time of year, that’s usually what comes to mind first. Pecan would do, too. And, of course, there’s always apple. Sweet potato, too. Maybe even mincemeat.
It helps to pre-order. Some bakeries require it. They become extremely busy during the holiday season – basically now through the end of the year.