160+ Thanksgiving Recipes

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Thanksgiving season is upon us which can only mean one thing: lots of yummy recipes! I decided to add all of my favorite top picks for Thanksgiving Recipes here to this post for easy access and scrollability. This will hopefully make your life easy and give you lots of inspiration to make this year’s feast your best Thanksgiving yet.

160+ Thanksgiving Recipes

Let’s get into it! I have the BEST Thanksgiving recipes divided into main groupings as follows:

• Thanksgiving Appetizers
• Thanksgiving Main Courses
• Thanksgiving Potato Side Dishes
• Thanksgiving Side Dishes
• Thanksgiving Breads, Rolls, & Spreads
• Thanksgiving Pies
• Other Desserts for Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Leftovers Ideas

Feel free to click on the link to navigate you directly to each section for a quicker way to access them all, especially if you’re looking for something in particular. I hope this helps you plan your Thanksgiving menu! Be sure to make a big batch of Homemade Apple Cider too!

30 Thanksgiving Appetizers

Thanksgiving is all about the main event, but the appetizers set the tone for the whole feast. This lineup is filled with easy, make-ahead starters that keep guests happy without stealing time from the turkey. These appetizers bring everyone to the table before the real feast even begins.

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dip

This pumpkin dip is one of the best Thanksgiving appetizers and comes together in less than 15 minutes! Using common pantry staples you likely have already, this easy dessert dip is made with cream cheese, pumpkin, and vanilla pudding. Perfect for dipping with vanilla wafers, Oreos, graham crackers or ginger snaps.

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Gingerbread Dip

Creamy, fluffy, and full of warm holiday spice, this 15 minute Gingerbread Dip tastes like gingerbread cookie dough in a bowl. Grab the graham crackers because it's always the first thing gone.

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3

Peanut Butter Dip

This Peanut Butter Dip takes only 10 minutes to make and is delicious with apples, pretzels, cookies, or anything!

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4

Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Dip

Creamy Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Dip is perfect with pretzels or graham crackers! Dive into this sweet and addicting summertime dip! 

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5

Crockpot Cranberry Turkey Meatballs

Crockpot Cranberry Turkey Meatballs are sweet, tangy, and perfectly tender little bites that practically make themselves. Simmered in a cranberry barbecue sauce, they’re the easiest festive appetizer.

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Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe

This Sweet and Sour Meatball Recipe is so simple to make and are perfect appetizers. Odds are you have all the ingredients already on hand!

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Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms

This Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms recipe is savory and cheesy, filled with a delicious sausage, panko and herb mixture with two kinds of cheese. Baked to golden bubbly perfection, these savory bites are a great Thanksgiving appetizer.

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Cheddar Bay Sausage Balls

These little sausage and cheese ball bites are a real crowd pleaser. Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix is combined with savory sausage, cream cheese and sharp cheddar cheese…you’ll be drooling for seconds!

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9

Easy Deviled Eggs

A classic Deviled Eggs Recipe, just in time for Easter! This is the quintessential appetizer that everyone seems to love. 

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10

Classic Hummus Recipe

This Hummus Recipe is a simple and basic Middle Eastern dip that only takes about ten minutes to make. Use a blender or a food processor for best results.

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Spinach Artichoke Dip

Spinach Artichoke Dip is the best appetizer! It’s creamy, cheesy and has the perfect blend of flavors with big chunks of artichoke hearts. It’s easy to make, popular and is always the first thing eaten. Enjoy it with tortilla chips or veggies.

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Jalapeno Artichoke Dip Recipe

Jalapeno Artichoke Dip is creamy, tangy, zingy, spicy, salty, addictive. Basically, world peace in an appetizer. Enjoy with friends or alone!

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13

3-Ingredient Easy Onion Dip Recipe

My Hot Onion Dip Recipe is the easiest appetizer ever with only 3-ingredients! Sweet Vidalia onions, Swiss cheese, and mayo are baked until hot and bubbly. It's my favorite go-to when I'm asked to make a last minute appetizer for game day, holiday buffets or any occasion! Serve with pita, tortilla chips, bread or if even fresh veggies if you want to keep it low carb.

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Everything Bagel Stuffed Peppers

Get ready for quite literally the EASIEST recipe ever! Everything Bagel Stuffed Peppers have only 3-ingredients that come together in no time. Great make-ahead low carb snack or even a crowd-pleasing appetizer.

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Pigs in a Blanket with Crescent Rolls

A classic appetizer for kids and adults alike, Pigs in a Blanket will be the first thing you run out of at your next party. Simply roll mini sausages in a crescent roll and bake! Dijon mustard or shredded cheese, along with coarse salt take these over the top!

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Mom’s Canned Salmon Dip

Try this Canned Salmon Dip Recipe! Made with only three main ingredients in 10 minutes or less, this is certainly a crowd pleaser.

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Cowboy Caviar Recipe

This Cowboy Caviar Recipe is a Tex-Mex inspired dip that has been around for years! Enjoy on its own, with chips or spooned onto tacos! It’s the ultimate crowd-pleasing appetizer. 

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Caramelized Onion Goat Cheese Truffles

Creamy, crunchy, savory and slightly sweet, these fresh goat cheese truffles are sure to please your Thanksgiving guests. They're one of my favorite things to add to a holiday menu.

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Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipe

This Cream Cheese Fruit Dip Recipe is perfect for any get together or for a snack! It’s also super kid-friendly thanks to the sprinkles. 

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Holiday Cranberry Salsa

Holiday Cranberry Salsa is a whole mix of wonderful things! Sweet, but a little spicy. Juicy and salty with a little crunch. And super festive!

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21

Baked Brie with Brown Sugar Hazelnuts

Baked Brie recipe with Brown Sugar Hazelnuts adds a sweet and crunchy element to the creamy melted cheese. It is pure heaven!

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Candied Pecans

This classic Candied Pecans recipe is a great addition to your Holiday festivities. Made with cinnamon sugar and the seasonal flavor of a few other warm spices, this EASY and simple recipe is sure to be a hit this holiday season.

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23

Cinnamon Candied Almonds

Sweet and spicy Cinnamon Candied Almonds will make your holidays merry and bright! Crunchy, toasty, and divine they are a delicious appetizer for your Thanksgiving guests.

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Soft Pretzel Recipe

These Homemade Soft Pretzels are golden, chewy, and just the right amount of salty. They’re surprisingly easy to make and taste just like the ones from the mall—only better fresh from your oven.

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Pepperoni Ranch Chip Dip

Pepperoni Ranch Chip Dip is the perfect cheese-inspired appetizer for any party! It's a hot, bubbly, pepperoni-ranch party in your mouth and it tastes amazing!

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How to Make Stromboli

Learn how to make Stromboli at home with layers of cheese, meats, and golden pizza dough. This easy recipe works for dinner or as a game day appetizer.

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Buffalo Chicken Dip

This easy Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe is creamy, spicy and perfect for a party appetizer! Pair with chips, veggies and/or crackers. Enjoy!

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28

Smoked Chicken Wings

Smoked chicken wings come out perfectly crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with deep, smoky flavor throughout. Easy to prep and packed with bold seasoning, these wings are always a hit.

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29

Crockpot Chicken Wings

For Crockpot Chicken Wings all you need are a few chicken wings and some BBQ sauce. Then finish them off on the grill or under the broiler!

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Lasagna Dip

Hot, cheesy, meaty, savory and delicious, this Cheesy Lasagna Dip will easily become a crowd favorite. Serve with garlic bread for ultimate flavor!

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14 Thanksgiving Main Courses

While the obvious choice for Thanksgiving would be to make a whole roasted turkey, I’ve got lots of variety when it comes to other options! Whether it’s something traditional or out of the ordinary, I’ve got you covered with Thanksgiving Turkey, but also some non-traditional Thanksgiving Dinner ideas.

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Best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipe for Beginners

Get perfectly Roasted Turkey every time with my simple how to roast a turkey guide! Thanksgiving food coma, here we come.

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32

Best Dry Brine Recipe for Turkey

Get seriously tasty and juicy results by dry brining your beautiful Thanksgiving Turkey this year. A simple process using orange, salt and sugar that makes brining easy!

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How to Brine a Turkey

How to brine a turkey for the most flavorful, juicy Thanksgiving Turkey ever!

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34

Smoked Turkey

This easy Smoked Turkey recipe yields a juicy, smoky-flavored bird that will leave your Thanksgiving dinner guests begging for more!

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35

Prime Rib

Perfect for Christmas, this Prime Rib recipe couldn't come sooner. With step-by-step instructions you can't go wrong this Holiday season!

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36

Smoked Prime Rib

This Smoked Prime Rib Roast recipe with an amazing garlic herb rub is the only one you'll ever need. Get ready to impress your guests.

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37

How to Cook a Pre-cooked Ham

Perfectly Baked Ham slathered with a homemade brown sugar glaze is a tasty and easy dish you can make for any special occasion or holiday. It's always a crowd-pleaser and makes Easter or Christmas dinner extra special with no muss or fuss.

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Double Smoked Ham with Apricot Glaze

This Double Smoked Ham Recipe takes your holiday ham from good to great, infusing another level of smoke to your already delicious ham. Covered in a sticky and sweet apricot glaze, this ham will be the star the show.

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Pineapple Ham Glaze

Elevate your ham game this year by basting on this amazing Pineapple Ham Glaze! Made with only 5 ingredients, it's so easy and so yummy!

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40

Juicy Pork Loin Roast

This amazing Garlic Pork Loin Roast is served with gravied potatoes. They cook alongside the meat making them the perfect side to this perfectly cooked tender and juicy pork roast.

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Turkey Salisbury Steak

Salisbury Steak got a healthy upgrade with this Turkey Salisbury Steak Recipe. I made these the very same way I would do a regular beef Salisbury steak. Just as delicious with less fat and calories than the beef version.

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42

Turkey Loaf Recipe

This Easy Turkey Meatloaf Recipe puts you in the mood for the holiday by tasting great! Make it before or for Thanksgiving. It’s THAT good!

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43

Friendsgiving Casserole (Chicken Stuffing Casserole with Sour Cream)

Chicken Stuffing Casserole with Sour Cream, also known as Friendsgiving Casserole, is a creamy dish made with chicken and stuffing mix. This is my from-scratch version and the ultimate comfort food.

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15 Thanksgiving Potato Side Dishes

You can’t have Thanksgiving without some kind of potato. Whether it’s mashed, smashed or twice baked, we’ve got a little something for everyone! Don’t miss my classic mashed potato recipe, though. They have a secret ingredient that makes them extra creamy! And no, it’s not butter or cream.

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Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes are smooth, buttery, and extra rich thanks to a generous dose of cream cheese. This recipe gives you perfectly fluffy potatoes every time with just the right balance of salt, butter, and creaminess.

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Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

Crockpot Mashed Potatoes are smooth, silky, and extra creamy. Perfect make-ahead mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving or Christmas! My version is made without chicken broth.

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Garlic Mashed Potatoes

What could make Mashed Potatoes even better? GARLIC! These Garlic Mashed Potatoes are to die for. So buttery, creamy, and so so garlicky.

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Best Funeral Potatoes

Funeral Potatoes… everyone has a recipe for this popular casserole! Here is my creamy and oniony version!

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Scalloped Potatoes

This easy recipe for Scalloped Potatoes is one you will make again and again. Extremely creamy and cheesy potato perfection!

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Pan Fried Potatoes

Step aside store bought hash browns, Pan Fried Potatoes are here! These simple potatoes are easy, crispy, golden, little bites of heaven! Seared in buttery goodness it’s one of the best potato side dishes out there.

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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

These Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes (with a walnut streusel) are a delicious new way to enjoy sweet potatoes this holiday season! They will be a sweet and tasty addition to your Thanksgiving meal.

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Sweet Potato Casserole

Eaten as a side dish or a dessert this Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe is a classic Thanksgiving dish. Topped with a crumbly pecan streusel!

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Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Mashed Sweet Potatoes are everything you love about mashed potatoes mixed with the flavors of sweet potatoes. Smooth, creamy and buttery!

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Baked Potato Recipe

The humble Baked Potato is the easiest, tastiest, most inexpensive side dish that always pleases a crowd. Crispy and salty exterior with a fluffy and soft interior. 

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Roasted Potatoes

Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes are the perfect side dish to just about any meal. 5 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time, and so versatile!

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Twice Baked Potatoes

Move over baked potatoes, twice baked potatoes are here! The cheesier, creamier, fancier, cooler cousin. Filled with bacon, cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, and chives, these are the perfect appetizer or side dish.

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Loaded Potato Casserole Recipe

Loaded Potato Casserole with bacon and cheese is a perfect blend of ingredients for the ultimate comfort food. Creamy, dreamy and easy to make. Enjoy!

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Potato Patties (with Leftover Mashed Potatoes)

Potato Patties are one of the best ways to use leftover mashed potatoes! Don't let those go to waste…repurpose those mashed potatoes by making these potato pancakes for breakfast the next day or with any meal to follow!

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28 Thanksgiving Side Dishes

These Thanksgiving recipes found in this section are more traditional, American sides you would find at a Thanksgiving table across the country. From Thanksgiving stuffing recipes to corn casserole, and lots of roasted veggies… you’re sure to have the perfect feast to accompany your turkey and potatoes.

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Bone Broth Recipe

Making your own homemade bone broth is so easy and so affordable, you'll wonder why you ever purchased the store bought stuff! Made with basically free ingredients, you're just a few hours away from this nourishing pantry staple.

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59

Homemade Turkey Gravy Recipe

Learn how to make Homemade Turkey Gravy with or without drippings to complete your Thanksgiving meal. This gravy recipe is so easy, so quick and SO delicious.

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Sausage Stuffing Recipe

Thanksgiving Sausage Stuffing Recipe made with pork sausage, onions, and celery. Bread cubes soaked in broth and seasonings then baked to perfection!

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Grandma’s Old Fashioned Stuffing Recipe

Grandma's Old Fashioned Stuffing Recipe is back for Thanksgiving! Made with stale French bread and fresh sage, let the memories of yesteryear flood in!

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Easy Cornbread Stuffing Recipe for Thanksgiving

This Easy Cornbread Stuffing Recipe for Thanksgiving is made with my homemade cornbread and fresh sage. It will be the star of your table!

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Cornbread Sausage Dressing

This Cornbread Sausage Dressing is to DIE for! Homemade Cornbread (or store bought) mixed together with sausage, onions, carrots and celery and baked to perfection. Make it ahead or day of, tastes great either way. It is the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving table!

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Roasted Acorn Squash

Cinnamon and nutmeg make this sweet Roasted Acorn Squash more of a seasonal dish while smoked paprika gives this an unexpected (but delicious) smokey flavor!

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Cauliflower Au Gratin Recipe

Creamy, flavorful Cauliflower Au Gratin uses only a few simple ingredients and is an easy side dish perfect for Thanksgiving or any other day!

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Cranberry Sauce

This Thanksgiving, make some homemade Cranberry Sauce to go along with your turkey dinner! Easier to make from scratch than you think and tastes so much better than store bought!

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Holiday Cranberry Salsa

Holiday Cranberry Salsa is a whole mix of wonderful things! Sweet, but a little spicy. Juicy and salty with a little crunch. And super festive!

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Green Bean Casserole with Bacon

This creamy, crispy Green Bean Casserole is everything you need and more for a perfect Thanksgiving meal. It's simply the best recipe!

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Roasted Green Beans

Need a new way to enjoy green beans? Try Roasted Green Beans! Oven roasting is a quick and easy way to not only cook your vegetables but a great method for adding more flavor to any vegetable.

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

This three-ingredient Oven Roasted Brussel Sprouts recipe is a delicious vegetable side dish. Perfectly golden and tender in the middle.

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Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

Brussel Sprouts with Bacon is a veggie-packed side dish that is easy, delicious, and takes no time to whip up. Perfect for Thanksgiving!

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Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad

Just as delicious as a typical Caesar salad just made with shaved Brussels sprouts! Give this Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad a try!

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Roasted Asparagus

Simple and quick this Oven Roasted Asparagus Recipe is the perfect vegetable side dish! Easily prepared while your main dish is cooking.

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Buttery Corn Casserole

Is there anything more comforting than a corn casserole? This slightly sweet and savory side dish is a 1-bowl, quick, fix it and forget it wonder that is perfect to serve at Thanksgiving.

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Roasted Cauliflower

This basic, Roasted Cauliflowerrecipe is a tasty, low-carb, simple side. All you need is olive oil, salt, pepper and a little oven time to get the maximum caramelized, brown, super flavorful cauliflower.

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Maple Glazed Carrots Recipe

Maple Glazed Carrots are the perfect, least fussy side dish for any holiday or Sunday supper. Delicious on their own, or fabulous with ham or turkey, these glazed carrots won't be forgotten anytime soon. Only one pan required!

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Macaroni and Cheese

Nothing better than Macaroni and Cheese! Get this simple, classic, cheesy recipe for Macaroni and Cheese featuring three kinds of cheese and a crispy, salty topping.

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Crockpot Butternut Squash Alfredo

Butternut Squash Alfredo is a delicious and simple dinner, with all the flavors of the season and with the slow-cooked convenience of your crockpot.

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Grandma’s Cauliflower Cheese Recipe

Grandma's Cauliflower Cheese recipe is incredibly simple and made with just a handful of ingredients to create a comforting side dish.

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Roasted Root Vegetables

Roasted Root Vegetables are what I crave with the first hint of that crisp Autumn air. Move over salad…make room for earthy, hearty, caramelized deliciousness in the form of oven roasted root vegetables.

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Pumpkin Soup

This Creamy Pumpkin Soup is filled with lots of spices, maple syrup, pumpkin, and heavy cream making it savory, a little sweet and so creamy! Top with pepitas for a light crunch.

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82

Kale Salad with White Balsamic Dressing

This fresh kale salad with white balsamic dressing is loaded with crunch and tossed in a sweet, tangy vinaigrette. Easy to prep and full of flavor, it’s the kind of salad you’ll actually want to eat.

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Holiday Salad Recipe with Maple Bacon Dressing

A tasty and light Holiday Pomegranate Salad that is not only festive in color but has all the seasonal flavors you crave!

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Apple Pecan Salad

Apple Pecan Salad is made with crunchy, salty, and sweet ingredients all tossed together with a homemade balsamic dressing. Enjoy!

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Ambrosia Salad Recipe (with Sour Cream)

If you want a salad that tastes just like dessert, Ambrosia Salad is the ticket! Made with fresh pineapple, mandarin oranges, maraschino cherries, coconut, and mini marshmallows and stirred together with a sour cream/whipped cream dressing.

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18 Thanksgiving Breads & Rolls (+ Spreads!)

You can’t have a huge list of Thanksgiving recipes without talking a little bit about bread or rolls! I have so many options to choose from, it’s a little ridiculous. (I like bread. A lot.) I have some classic recipes and some not so classic recipes here, but all are delicious!

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Pumpkin Bread Rolls

Look no further for the perfect Thanksgiving bread! Friends, meet (the cutest!) Pumpkin Bread Rolls. This is a pumpkin bread dough, formed into rolls, wrapped in string to form that pumpkin shape and baked to golden perfection.

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Dinner Rolls

These classic Dinner Rolls are sure to be the best sidekick to any holiday or family dinner. Soft, light and pillowy, these rolls are made with all-purpose flour and honey, perfect for your Thanksgiving dinner spread this year.

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Perfect Potato Rolls

These potato rolls are fluffy, soft, slightly sweet and nearly perfect in every way! Plus, if you have leftover mashed potatoes, this is a great way to get rid of them! Holla! I love carbs.

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Homemade Crescent Rolls (No Knead Recipe)

These Crescent Rolls are simple enough to make any weekday but fancy enough for any holiday. They are the easiest recipe and require ZERO KNEADING! It's a perfect, buttery roll that tastes simply amazing!

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Best Cornbread Ever

Fluffy, buttery, moist and easy, this homemade Cornbread is the perfect addition to your family dinner table. Or as a delicious snack!

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Sweet Potato Rolls

Pillowy-soft, Sweet Potato Rolls that are perfect for any occasion. Use simple ingredients, knead together and bake. Then spread with lots of cinnamon honey butter.

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Garlic and Herb Pull Apart Biscuits

These Garlic and Herb Pull Apart Biscuits are buttery, cheesy and oh so tasty! Easy enough for a weeknight, but fancy enough for the holidays.

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Pumpkin Biscuits with Citrus Honey Butter

Pumpkin Biscuits are easy and delicious. Pair them with citrus honey butter and it takes them right over the top.

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Whole Wheat Rolls

These warm, pillowy soft Whole Wheat Rolls are the perfect accompaniment for soup and chillier days! Also delicious alone slathered with butter.

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Butter Drop Biscuits

So buttery and delicious, these Drop Biscuits will blow your mind! No rolling or cutting, simply make the dough, drop by the heaping tablespoon onto your baking sheets and bake!

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Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread

This Hasselback Homemade Garlic Bread recipe has MORE butter, MORE cheese, MORE garlic, and MORE bread in every single bite. It’s glorious.

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Angel Biscuits

These light & fluffy Angel Biscuits are half-biscuit, half-roll! Seriously, the best of both worlds in one tasty package. AND, they are so darn easy to make. 

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Mini Pumpkin Bread Recipe

These Mini Pumpkin Bread Loaves are spicy and delicious plain but add cream cheese frosting and it takes yummy to a whole new level.

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Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Start your Fall baking this year with this Classic Pumpkin Bread recipe! Sweet pumpkin flavor with just the right amount of spice.

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Compound Butter Recipes

Compound Butter takes flavor from good to unforgettable. Roasted garlic herb, lemon dill, bleu cheese chive, bacon shallot, chili lime, cinnamon honey, and orange butters are rich, bold, and the kind of toppings that make every bite sing.

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Honey Butter

Sweet, slightly salty, and a little spiced, this is my homemade Honey Butter recipe! Enjoy it on bread, muffins, waffles, pretty much anything will do.

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Roasted Garlic

How to Roast Garlic in the oven to create a sweet, spreadable paste to use on your dinner rolls, in dips, pasta and more! If you've never Roasted Garlic, you're in for a treat!

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12 Thanksgiving Pies

We can’t have a Thanksgiving feast without some kind of pie! While I have over 50 pie recipes, these are my very favorite recipes that would be a perfect addition to any Thanksgiving table.

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Pumpkin Pie Recipe

The Best Pumpkin Pie Recipe has been tried and tested over and over again, with zero cracking! It's homemade, easy to make and so flavorful!

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Gingerbread Cream Pie

Add this Gingerbread Cream Pie to your Cream Pie Recipes list! It’s a great break from pumpkin and perfectly fits the holiday season!

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The Best Sweet Potato Pie Recipe

Try something a little different this Thanksgiving by making this Sweet Potato Pie Recipe! It is perfectly sweetened and so simple to make!

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Pecan Pie Recipe

Nutty, crispy, and with a caramelized center, this quick and easy Pecan Pie Recipe is a perfect addition to any Thanksgiving table.

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Pumpkin Hand Pies

These Pumpkin Hand Pies are flaky, golden, and filled with a creamy spiced pumpkin center that tastes just like a mini slice of pie. They bake up fast, look adorable, and disappear even faster.

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Buttery Apple Pie Recipe

Nothing is more satisfying or comforting than this apple pie recipe with vanilla ice cream. Sweet cinnamon apple slices poured into a homemade, all butter crust that bakes up flaky, tender and delicious. 

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Pecan Cream Pie

When you need a creamy, tasty dessert, and are craving the goodness of pecan pie, this Pecan Cream Pie comes together in less than 15 minutes.

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Pumpkin Cream Pie

Pumpkin Cream Pie is lighter and creamier than traditional, but just as delicious! Blind bake your pie crust (homemade or store bought) and then fill with a fluffy, creamy, sweet and spicy filling!

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Cranberry Cream Pie

Cranberry Cream Pie has the tartness of cranberries as well as citrusy notes from the orange zest and soft fluffiness from marshmallows!

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Double Chocolate Pie Recipe

In this case, the best chocolate pie is also the easiest with this Double Chocolate Pie recipe! With a tasty combo of melted chocolate and mousse! YUM.

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113

Coconut Cream Pie

Creamy, sweet, and delicious, this Coconut Cream Pie will blow your mind! Make a simple coconut custard, pour it into a baked pie shell, and refrigerate. Top with lots of whipped cream and enjoy!

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Banana Cream Pie

Buttery pie crust filled with bananas and sweet creamy filling, this Banana Cream Pie is what dreams are made of.

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29 Other Desserts for Thanksgiving

Ok, so these are traditionally non traditional. Ha! I always think of pie when it comes to Thanksgiving, but there are so many other options out there when it comes to dessert. If you’re looking for a showstopper, give one of these a try this year. Here are some of the BEST Thanksgiving Desserts. Also be sure to scroll through my BEST Thanksgiving Cake Recipes post for more inspo!

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Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler

One of my all-time most popular recipes, Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler is the ultimate fall dessert with cake on the top and hot caramel sauce on the bottom!

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Pumpkin Roll Cake

Soft pumpkin sponge cake and fluffy cream cheese filling all rolled up into a Pumpkin Roll Cake then dusted with powdered sugar! This is an absolute must on your Thanksgiving dessert table.

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Pumpkin Cheesecake (no water bath)

Elevate your Thanksgiving meal by combining pumpkin pie and the silky texture of cheesecake to get this creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe.

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118

Pumpkin Pie Crunch Recipe

This Pumpkin Pie Crunch Recipe is the tastiest (and easiest!) dessert for Fall. It's like part pumpkin pie filling and part cobbler topping. Made simply with a yellow cake mix, pecans, pumpkin and spices, you will love this delicious dessert.

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Pumpkin Millionaire Shortbread

These Pumpkin Shortbread Bars are to the perfect holiday dessert! They have a buttery shortbread bottom and are topped with chocolate chips, walnuts, and caramel.

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Easy Pumpkin Bars

These Homemade Pumpkin Bars are the ultimate Fall dessert! A simple and tender pumpkin spice cake, topped with warm brown butter icing poured over the top of the warm cake once it comes out of the oven!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars

These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars are the perfect Fall treat and usually one of the first pumpkin desserts I make each year. These are soft, chocolate-y, pumpkin bars that are quick and easy to make.

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Caramel Pecan Filling

These Pumpkin Whoopie Pies are what Fall dreams are made of! This recipe produces soft and sweet cake-like cookies that are filled with a marshmallowy caramel pecan filling. A fun variation of the chocolate original.

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Pumpkin Sheet Cake

This Pumpkin Sheet Cake is four layers of cake, creamy toppings, and pie crust pieces. The perfect dessert for any Thanksgiving gathering.

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124

Caramel Apple Crumble

This Caramel Apple Crumble recipe will have you licking your plate clean! Soft Apples, topped with a buttery crumble top and homemade salted caramel sauce. Pure heaven!

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Sweet Potato Cupcakes

These Sweet Potato Cupcakes are moist, sweet, tender, and downright delicious. And the Brown Sugar Marshmallow Frosting is amazing!!!

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Maple Cake

Need a simple, delicious and unique cake that will blow your mind? Try my Easy Maple Cake! Made with simple pantry ingredients, real maple syrup and maple extract, baked low and slow to keep it soft and drizzled with a sweet and creamy maple glaze and topped with walnuts. It’s pure heaven.

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Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars

Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars are seriously addicting! All the things you love about snickerdoodles plus soft caramel in the middle!

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Apple Oatmeal Cookies

These delicious Apple Oatmeal Cookies are topped with creamy brown butter frosting and a sprinkle of cinnamon. It’s like apple pie meets oatmeal cookie, perfect as a yummy Fall treat!

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Soft Glazed Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies just got better with a little pumpkin! This recipe creates soft, chewy, lightly spicy glazed pumpkin sugar cookies that are perfect for Fall!

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Pumpkin Cookies

Soft and perfectly spiced, these Pumpkin Cookies are easy to make and even easier to eat! Made in one bowl, scooped, soft-baked and topped with a simple glaze

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake

An epic, show-stopping dessert, this Pumpkin Cheesecake Cake is perfect for Thanksgiving! Two spiced pumpkin cakes baked and stacked with a thick layer of cheesecake in between.

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Buttery Apple Crisp Recipe

Fall in love with this Apple Crisp Recipe! A simple, from-scratch, family favorite recipe that always goes over well regardless of who you’re serving it to, with a buttery kick!

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Best Cheesecake Recipe

This is literally the Best Cheesecake Recipe ever. Seven simple ingredients. No water bath. No cracking ever. It is the only recipe you'll ever need for classic, jaw-dropping, super creamy cheesecake. Follow my directions and it is simply fail proof!

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No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe

No-Bake Cheesecake has never been so easy or delicious! A silky smooth cream cheese filling surrounded by a buttery graham cracker crust. Enjoy plain or with any desired toppings with no oven required.

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Strawberry Cheesecake

Hello Strawberry Cheesecake! The most glorious, delicious, classic dessert is here! This is a showstopper no matter who you serve it to or when you serve it. This recipe is a variation of my classic cheesecake recipe and is one of my favorites. You only need a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time to make this amazing cheesecake.

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Vanilla Bean Cheesecake (Cheesecake Factory copycat)

This Vanilla Bean Cheesecake is absolutely out of this world delicious! Who needs to pay Cheesecake Factory prices when you can have 4 layers of brilliance in your very own kitchen!

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Homemade Banana Pudding (Magnolia Bakery Copycat)

Perfectly sweet and delicious, this Banana Pudding Recipe will make you never want another dessert again! Best for any holiday or potluck.

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Magnolia Bakery Pumpkin Gingerbread Banana Pudding

Perfect for the holidays, this copycat Magnolia Bakery Pumpkin Gingerbread Banana Pudding recipe will blow your mind. Creamy, spicy and delicious, it will become your new go-to Fall dessert.

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Gingerbread Trifle

Set the holiday table with this show-stopping Gingerbread Trifle that looks as festive as it tastes! Layers of soft gingerbread cake, cookie butter pudding, and fluffy vanilla cream make every spoonful pure holiday magic.

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Pineapple Poke Cake

Pineapple Poke Cake is soft, sweet, and bursting with tropical flavor in every bite. The pudding and crushed pineapple soak into the cake, making it extra moist and downright irresistible.

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Banana Split Cake

Banana Split Cake is a graham cracker crust topped with all the familiar flavors of a banana split including the cherry on top! This no-bake dessert will be devoured by everyone.

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Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Strawberry Pretzel Salad is no salad at all, but a delicious dessert made with easy store-bought ingredients like Jell-O, Cool Whip, pretzels and strawberries. Always a hit at potlucks and picnics.

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18 Ideas for Thanksgiving Leftovers

Thanksgiving is over, but the fridge is full and that’s where the fun begins. Instead of reheating the same plate on repeat, this roundup shows you fresh, delicious ways to turn leftovers into something new. Smart, easy, and way more exciting than microwave turkey.

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Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole Recipe

Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole has layers of leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, green bean casserole & cranberry sauce. Yum!

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Leftover Turkey Breast Casserole

Leftover Thanksgiving turkey turns into this delicious Turkey Casserole paired with veggies, rice, cheese, and a yummy sauce.

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Turkey a la King

Let me introduce you to Turkey a la King! A homemade mushroom cream sauce filled with turkey and other veggies served on top of puff pastry shells is the perfect Thanksgiving leftovers recipe.

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Double Crust Turkey Pot Pie Recipe

This homemade Turkey Pot Pie is one of my favorite comfort foods and I can't wait to share it with you today. This pot pie is made with leftover turkey, veggies, and spices covered in a creamy white sauce. It is then poured into a buttery, flakey pie crust and baked to golden perfection.

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Southern Turkey Salad Recipe

Southern Turkey Salad Sandwiches are a great way to use up some of that leftover Turkey. So easy and ready in 15 minutes or less!

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Leftover Turkey Hand Pies

These buttery, golden puff pastry pockets are stuffed with turkey, cranberry sauce, and cream cheese for the ultimate snack or quick meal. These Turkey Hand Pies bake up fast, look fancy without the effort, and taste like you spent way more time on them than you did.

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Baked Turkey Taquitos

Baked Turkey Taquitos are crispy on the outside, creamy and cheesy on the inside, and loaded with flavorful leftover turkey. They bake up golden and crunchy, no frying required, and make the best easy dinner or snack.

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Potato Patties (with Leftover Mashed Potatoes)

Potato Patties are one of the best ways to use leftover mashed potatoes! Don't let those go to waste…repurpose those mashed potatoes by making these potato pancakes for breakfast the next day or with any meal to follow!

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Perfect Potato Rolls

These potato rolls are fluffy, soft, slightly sweet and nearly perfect in every way! Plus, if you have leftover mashed potatoes, this is a great way to get rid of them! Holla! I love carbs.

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Sweet Potato Rolls

Pillowy-soft, simple Sweet Potato Rolls that are perfect for any occasion. Use simple ingredients, knead together and bake. So perfect spread with lots of cinnamon honey butter.

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Sweet Potato Cupcakes

These Sweet Potato Cupcakes are moist, sweet, tender and downright delicious. And the Brown Sugar Marshmallow Frosting is amazing!!!!

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Sweet Potato Cookies

Sweet Potato Cookies are soft and lightly spiced cookies make with mashed sweet potato, topped with homemade streusel and powdered sugar.

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Sweet Potato Curry Soup

This Sweet Potato Curry Soup is so creamy, easy, and flavorful! Sweet yet spiced and savory your tastebuds will thank you!

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Bean Soup with Ham Bone

Ham and Bean Soup is a simple and delicious way to use up leftover Holiday ham and bone for a hearty cold weather comfort meal.

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Deviled Ham Recipe

A classic Deviled Ham Salad recipe my 90+ year old grandmother has been making her whole life. Ham, pickles, onion, celery and mayo create the best sandwich.

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Broccoli, Ham, and Cheese Casserole with Rice

This Broccoli, Ham, and Cheese Casserole is impossible to mess up and super tasty! It's a cheesy vegetable and rice filled dinner that everyone will love!

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich

if you love Chicken Cordon Bleu, you're going to love it in sandwich form. Crispy chicken, ham, Swiss cheese, and homemade honey mustard all served on a pretzel bun.

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

A spin on the classic, a delicious combination of rotisserie chicken & diced ham covered with Swiss cheese, homemade creamy sauce and topped with buttered breadcrumbs.

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I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner with family and friends! Gobble gobble!!

If you make these recipes, I would really appreciate it if you would give them a star rating and leave your review in the comments! If you have a picture of your finished dish, post it on Instagram using the hashtag #laurenslatest and tagging me @laurens_latest.