It turns out the classic cool and silky pie is a regular fixture on many Southern Thanksgiving tables, and we're all for it.

The premade powders may use fruit that's been freeze-dried or dried with other high-tech or low-tech processes. When making the key lime pie, it's as easy as folding the powder into the pie filling.

Just in time for the holidays, the much-anticipated "When Southern Women Cook" debuts this week, a gorgeously photographed book packed with must-try recipes.