Share a Thanksgiving recipe!

[ChrisL]

I was thinking that it would be fun to have a thread in which we could exchange some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes! I'll start. This is my grandmother's cranberry salad recipe. I love it, cranberry sauce out of a can will never do since I've eaten it, and Thanksgiving wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it, IMO!

Ingredients:

1 can crushed pineapple
juice from 1 lemon and a little zest too (just a little, zest is potent)
1 bag of cranberries
1 pinch salt
1-3/4 cups sugar
2 pkg cherry Jello mix
2 cups hot water
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Recipe:

Dissolve Jello in hot water
Stir in 1 cup pineapple juice, lemon, and salt
Put in fridge and chill until almost set
Meanwhile, chop cranberries in processor coarsely
Once Jello mixture is almost set, add sugar, pineapple and cranberries (as well as nuts)
Put back in fridge and let set until firm.

You can put this in one of those bunt cake pans, and it comes out beautiful!

 

[ChrisL]

Okay, I was going to post another recipe, but I am having a hard time to find it. Lol. It's one for a delicious stuffing! I'll find it later and post it.

 

[Disir]

I have to dig it out but I have one for a chocolate bourbon pecan pie and a sweet potato pie.

 

[ChrisL]

I have to dig it out but I have one for a chocolate bourbon pecan pie and a sweet potato pie.

When you come across it, please post. Sounds delicious!


I'm still looking for my stuffing recipe. I got kind of sidetracked.

 

[ChrisL]

Here is a recipe for pork stuffing.

Ingredients:

2 Jimmy Dean sausage rolls
2-3 celery stalks, chopped fine
2-3 onions, chopped fine (I prefer Vidalia)
1 tsp salt
2 tsp pepper
2 loaves turkey stuffing bread (I use any bread, doesn't really matter, IMO - better if it's a little stale so it doesn't turn to mush in the stuffing).
Bells seasoning mix to taste

Recipe:
Slice bread into cubes and let it get a bit stale
Fry celery and onion
Add pork and break up
Fry until done
Remove from heat and add salt, pepper, Bells seasoning to taste and bread
Mix well and place into casserole dish or other oven safe dish
Bake at 350 for 1 hour covered with foil.

 

[Disir]

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
3 eggs
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup margarine melted (I have used real butter and no one died as a result)
1/4 cup bourbon
1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1 (6 oz.) pkg. Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 unbaked 9 inch pastry shell

In a large bowl with mixer at low speed, mix together sugar and cornstarch. Beat in egss until well blended with mixer at medium. Beat in corn syrup, margarine and bourbon until well blended. With a wooden spoon, stir in pecans and chocolate pieces. Pour into pastry shell. Bake in 350 degree oven 50-60 minutes or until set around the edges. Cool on wire rack.

 

[Disir]

Sweet Potato Pie
2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
`1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs, separated
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell

Combine sweet potatoes, butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, salt and spices; mix well. Add milk, blending until smooth. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/4 cup sugar beating until stiff. Fold egg whites into sweet potato mixture. Pour filling into pastry shell; sprinkle with additional spices if desired. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

 

[koshergrl]

I made stuffing out of some of my homemade sourdough a couple of years or so ago and it was amazing.

Cubed sourdough...I did actually butter it, cube it and toast it a little.
Marjoram
salt
pepper
onions
celery
more butter
chicken broth (I used home canned, it tasted like it was cooked in a bird)

I think that was it.

Saute chopped celery and onions, salt & pepper them, add some marjoram, then dump them in with cubed sourdough, add enough broth to get it nice and moist, stir it up, taste it, maybe add more marjoram or seasoning.

Bake in a casserole until it puffs up and is yummy.

The sourdough is great, it kind of holds its shape more even though I like quite a bit of liquid in my stuffing.

 

[guno]

YAM ROUNDS

3 c. sweet potatoes 3/4 c. sugar 1 sm. can crushed pineapple Large marshmallows 1 can Angel Flake Coconut

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Mash up potatoes, add sugar. Mix well with hands. Pick up enough mixture to form a ball around a marshmallow. Roll ball in coconut and place in a baking dish well greased with butter. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in oven at 325 degrees.

 

[ChrisL]

Sweet Potato Pie
2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
`1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs, separated
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell

Combine sweet potatoes, butter, egg yolks, brown sugar, salt and spices; mix well. Add milk, blending until smooth. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/4 cup sugar beating until stiff. Fold egg whites into sweet potato mixture. Pour filling into pastry shell; sprinkle with additional spices if desired. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

That recipe makes me hungry! I just love sweet potatoes!

 

[ChrisL]

I have this delicious recipe for banana bread. I love to have a lot of different breads on Thanksgiving; cranberry bread, pumpkin bread, and I adore banana bread! Yummy!

Ingredients:

1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups bran
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg - lightly beaten
1-1/2 cups mashed over ripened banana
2 tbs water
1 tsp vanilla extract

Recipe:

Cream shortening and sugar
add egg and bran, stir
sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together and set aside
combine bananas with water and vanilla and add to wet ingredients
mix in dry ingredients in thirds and until well blended
add nuts
pour into greased bread pan, spread and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean

Eat!

 

[ChrisL]

Candied Carrots - They really are like candy!

Ingredients:

2 lbs carrots - cut into sticks
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar (I prefer the dark brown sugar)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

Recipe:

Steam carrots (or boil) just until tender crisp (they will cook more in the candy mixture)
drain and set aside
in heavy sauce pan melt butter and combine with brown sugar, salt and pepper
bring to rolling boiling
add carrots and reduce heat
let boil for about 5 minutes until carrots are nice and glazed
Serve and eat!

 

[norwegen]

Publix

 

[alan1]

My favorite Thanksgiving Day recipe:

Buy one nice bottle each of red and white wine.
Bring them to somebodies house that did all the cooking.
Enjoy.

 

[mdk]

Candied Carrots - They really are like candy!

Ingredients:

2 lbs carrots - cut into sticks
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar (I prefer the dark brown sugar)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

Recipe:

Steam carrots (or boil) just until tender crisp (they will cook more in the candy mixture)
drain and set aside
in heavy sauce pan melt butter and combine with brown sugar, salt and pepper
bring to rolling boiling
add carrots and reduce heat
let boil for about 5 minutes until carrots are nice and glazed
Serve and eat!

This is a very tasty dish. This very close to a recipe I make as well. I boil the carrots in ginger-ale instead. It sounds odd but it is marvelous

Great thread btw. Cheers!

 

[strollingbones]

is thanksgiving that close? i have lost track.....

i love grilled pineapple...simply slice and toss on a hot grill and it will caramelize

 

[ChrisL]

Candied Carrots - They really are like candy!

Ingredients:

2 lbs carrots - cut into sticks
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup brown sugar (I prefer the dark brown sugar)
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper

Recipe:

Steam carrots (or boil) just until tender crisp (they will cook more in the candy mixture)
drain and set aside
in heavy sauce pan melt butter and combine with brown sugar, salt and pepper
bring to rolling boiling
add carrots and reduce heat
let boil for about 5 minutes until carrots are nice and glazed
Serve and eat!

This is a very tasty dish. This very close to a recipe I make as well. I boil the carrots in ginger-ale instead. It sounds odd but it is marvelous

Great thread btw. Cheers!

It's great for kids who don't like vegetables too.

Ginger ale? That's very interesting, but I can definitely see how it could work.

 

[ChrisL]

is thanksgiving that close? i have lost track.....

i love grilled pineapple...simply slice and toss on a hot grill and it will caramelize

Yup, it's less than two weeks away now, believe it or not. Lol! Grilled fruit is so delicious!

I used to eat the canned pineapple and then one day I tried fresh pineapple. It is SO much better! I couldn't believe how much better it was!

 

[ChrisL]

Publix

What about it? Doesn't sound like a Thanksgiving recipe.

 

[koshergrl]

Today we're having a potluck..my dish is MAC & CHEESE!

Nom nom nom:

Classic Macaroni and Cheese Recipe - CHOW.com