Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes?

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We already celebrated our Thanksgiving because I'm working on Thursday, but I thought it would be fun to share our favorite Thanksgiving Recipes.

Sweet Potato Casserole

40 oz canned sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease 2 quart baking dish. Heat, drain and mash sweet potatoes. Combine with white sugar, eggs, 1/3 cup of melted butter, milk and vanilla. Place in prepared baking dish.

In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, chopped pecans, flour and 1/3 cup melted butter.

Sprinkle the pecan mixture over the top of sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350degrees for 35 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.


Mama’s Dressing (or stuffing, depending on where you're from)

1 13/9 pan of cornbread
5 cooked grands biscuits
5 boiled eggs, diced (I shred them on a grater)
2 cans chicken broth
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 tsp sage
salt & pepper to taste

Sauté onions and celery in a small skillet with some butter or cooking spray until tender. Crumble cornbread, & biscuits together in a large bowl. Add eggs, sage, celery, onions, salt, pepper and soups. Use hands to mix as you slowly add chicken broth to the mixture, one can at a time. You may not need to whole cans, you want it to be moist, by not runny. It will dry out as it cooks. Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown on top.

And this year I made Paula Deen's Recipe for Chocolate Pecan Pie, OMG!!!

Chocolate Pecan Pie

Ingredients
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
2 cups pecan halves
3 large eggs, beaten
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons good-quality bourbon
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Cover bottom of pie crust with pecans.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and melted butter. Add the corn syrup, sugar, bourbon and the chopped chocolate. Stir until all ingredients are combined. Pour mixture into the pie shell over the pecans and place on a heavy-duty cookie sheet.

Bake for 10 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and continue to bake for an additional 25 minutes or until pie is set. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
 
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Here is one I make ever Thanksgiving - I have a few more ~ I am working on a recipe book

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I need to dig up my turkey breast recipe. It's from pampered chef- best one I've tried yet.
That chocolate pecan pie sounds delicious Nesser!
 
I know this sounds nasty, and I thought it was too, when I first saw these, but a few years ago friends of ours introduced us to these little guys and they are SOOOOOO effin yummy.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chesnuts

*whole water chesnuts (as many cans as you'd like)
*bacon (as many packs as needed)
brown sugar
toothpicks

Preheat oven to 400-425. Wrap each whole water chesnut with one slice of bacon. Secure bacon with a toothpick. Holding toothpick end, roll water chesnut through brown sugar and place on a flat cookie sheet.
Cook until bacon is finished. Place chesnuts on a plate with a paper towel to drain - Wait until chesnuts are warm to the touch and enjoy.
 
I love my Candied Yams. However, I do not measure anything unless I am baking goodies so here's my "recipe". :)

Boil yams until fork tender, let cool and dice into large chunks
Spray, spray, spray a glass baking pan (or use foil that can be thrown away :thumbup:) with Pam, olive oil, whatever
Put yams in pan
Sprinkle with brown sugar (I think about 3/4 to 1 c. for a large pan)
Drizzle about 1/4 to 1/2 bottle light karo syrup over the yams
Dot with butter
Bake at 350 until mixture starts to caramelize. (About 30-40 minutes)
Top with large marshmallows.
Bake until marshmallows are lightly browned. (About 5-10 minutes)

ENJOY!!!


ETA: My mom makes cornbread "dressing". Stuffing comes out of a box. :)
 
Ooh, I was just searching for a Sweet Potato Casserole recipe and that one sounds perfect! Thanks! :thumbup:
 
I know this sounds nasty, and I thought it was too, when I first saw these, but a few years ago friends of ours introduced us to these little guys and they are SOOOOOO effin yummy.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chesnuts

DUDE!!!!!! These are a staple in my family's holiday celebrations! It wouldn't be Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's at my Mom's without them :thumbup:

I've started making these for Christmas morning. They're easy to roll-up the night before and just pop in the oven while waiting for the coffee to brew :)

Mini "Kolaches"
1 package Lil Smokies
shredded cheddar cheese
2 packages Pillsbury Crescent rolls (8 to a package). -- use just the regular crescents, not the extra fluffy ones

Preheat oven according to crescent roll directions.
Open the crescents and separate into triangles
Slice each crescent triangle in half lengthwise (you should now have 16 long, skinny triangles)
Sprinkle cheese along triange
Place 1 smokie at the widest part of triangle (on top of cheese) and roll up.
Continue in this manner until all triangles are used up.

Place on baking sheet. Sprinkle additional cheese over the top, if desired.
Bake according to package directions, until golden brown.
 
We already celebrated our Thanksgiving because I'm working on Thursday, but I thought it would be fun to share our favorite Thanksgiving Recipes.

Sweet Potato Casserole

40 oz canned sweet potatoes
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup all purpose flour
2/3 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, grease 2 quart baking dish. Heat, drain and mash sweet potatoes. Combine with white sugar, eggs, 1/3 cup of melted butter, milk and vanilla. Place in prepared baking dish.

In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, chopped pecans, flour and 1/3 cup melted butter.

Sprinkle the pecan mixture over the top of sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350degrees for 35 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.

Hey Vanessa, how many eggs and which part does the pumpkin pie spice go?
 
LOL!

Sorry,

2 eggs and I add the pumkin pie spice to the sweet potato mixture.

I can't believe I forgot to add that. :blink:
 
I love my Candied Yams. However, I do not measure anything unless I am baking goodies so here's my "recipe". :)

Boil yams until fork tender, let cool and dice into large chunks
Spray, spray, spray a glass baking pan (or use foil that can be thrown away :thumbup:) with Pam, olive oil, whatever
Put yams in pan
Sprinkle with brown sugar (I think about 3/4 to 1 c. for a large pan)
Drizzle about 1/4 to 1/2 bottle light karo syrup over the yams
Dot with butter
Bake at 350 until mixture starts to caramelize. (About 30-40 minutes)
Top with large marshmallows.
Bake until marshmallows are lightly browned. (About 5-10 minutes)

ENJOY!!!


ETA: My mom makes cornbread "dressing". Stuffing comes out of a box. :)

!!! This is our candied yams recipe except instead of karo syrup, we throw a can of crushed pineapple in instead!!
 
OK I have a recipe but I never write anything down. Here is how I make it. It might sound a little wierd but it is really GOOD!!

2 large packages of strawberry banana jello
1 can crushed pineapple drained
3 large ripe bananas sliced
1 package frozen sliced strawberries (thawed)
sour cream (can substitute whipped cream but I dont like it this way)
1 package walnuts sliced

1.mix jello up according to directions. Mix in half the bananas, strawberries, pineapple and walnuts.

2.allow to firm

3.layer sour cream or whipped cream over jello once firm (the sour cream WILL NOT taste like sour cream I promise)

4.allow to firm slightly

5.mix second package jello as directed on box with remaining strawberries, bananas, pineapple and walnuts. Pour over jello already firm jello mixture.

6.Chill until ready to serve.

It is really yummy. My mom made this dish alot (for christmas, thanksgiving, easter etc.) and she always got complimented for it and it never failed someone asked for the recipe every year.
 
Vanessa- it was delicious!! :thumbup: DH wanted me to make it since his aunt normally does and he loves it. I only added some marshmallows to the top. Everyone absolutely loved it! My 4 year old is eating some more now since we got home. lol
 
Vanessa- it was delicious!! :thumbup: DH wanted me to make it since his aunt normally does and he loves it. I only added some marshmallows to the top. Everyone absolutely loved it! My 4 year old is eating some more now since we got home. lol

Good, I'm glad you guys liked it.
 
I know this sounds nasty, and I thought it was too, when I first saw these, but a few years ago friends of ours introduced us to these little guys and they are SOOOOOO effin yummy.

Bacon Wrapped Water Chesnuts

*whole water chesnuts (as many cans as you'd like)
*bacon (as many packs as needed)
brown sugar
toothpicks

Preheat oven to 400-425. Wrap each whole water chesnut with one slice of bacon. Secure bacon with a toothpick. Holding toothpick end, roll water chesnut through brown sugar and place on a flat cookie sheet.
Cook until bacon is finished. Place chesnuts on a plate with a paper towel to drain - Wait until chesnuts are warm to the touch and enjoy.

no way! these do not sound disgusting, in fact the first time i ate them i ate about 30 of em!
 
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