--- title: Thanksgiving: 5 Ways to Top Your Pie description: Bring the prettiest pie to Thanksgiving canonical: https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-23T22:28:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:32.435Z og:title: 5 Ways to Top Your Pie og:description: Bring the prettiest pie to Thanksgiving og:url: https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d39e02d2178307f/698872878e06016e86463788/screen-shot-2015-11-23-at-5-26-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-11-23 at 5.26.07 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 Ways to Top Your Pie twitter:description: Bring the prettiest pie to Thanksgiving twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d39e02d2178307f/698872878e06016e86463788/screen-shot-2015-11-23-at-5-26-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 5 Ways to Top Your Pie by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 23, 2015 10:28 PM UTC  by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 23, 2015 10:28 PM UTC There are all kinds of ways to make your pie stand out at [Thanksgiving dinner](http://time.com/money/4120497/thanksgiving-dinner-cost/), from lattice tops and braids to double-crusts and cutouts and more. Watch the video above from Cooking Light for a step-by-step look at each one. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/"},"headline":"5 Ways to Top Your Pie","datePublished":"2015-11-23T22:28:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:32.435Z","description":"Bring the prettiest pie to Thanksgiving","url":"https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/","keywords":["Living","Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d39e02d2178307f/698872878e06016e86463788/screen-shot-2015-11-23-at-5-26-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d39e02d2178307f/698872878e06016e86463788/screen-shot-2015-11-23-at-5-26-07-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-11-23 at 5.26.07 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4125104/thanksgiving-pie-crust-top-how-to/","name":"5 Ways to Top Your Pie"}}]}] ```