A Thanksgiving Family Tradition

This was always my favorite dessert as a young girl and my mom always served it at Thanksgiving. Today I continue that tradition, much to my family's delight.

Cherry Delight
Combine and press into 13 x 9 pan:
2 pkgs. graham crackers, crushed
2 sticks butter, melted
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Beat together:
8 oz. cream cheese
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Whip together:
2 envelopes Dream Whip, prepared as directed
Combine Dream Whip with cream cheese mixture. Spread over graham cracker crust and top with 2 cans of cherry pie filling. Chill for at least 5 hours.

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Cake Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/4 tsp oil
3 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs
2 cups canned pumpkin

Filling:
2 egg whites
4 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. milk
4 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 cups Crisco shortening

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend sugar and oil; add eggs and beat well. Add pumpkin and mix well. Add dry ingredients, mixing thoroughly. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack.

Beat egg whites until foamy. Add remaining ingredients and beat until fluffy. Spread onto cooled cake rounds and make sandwiches. Wrap each cake with plastic and store in a cool place.