Thanksgiving Recipes

11/14/2010 | me

[tsmith130]

This will be the 3rd annual Freeper Thanksgiving Recipes thread. We always get such great recipes and ideas for Turkey day. Take one and/or leave one.

[IamConservative]

Saw a few drink recipes calling form Kahlua. This recipe is as good as the real thing.

1 12-cup pot very strong coffee as in fill the basket on your drip machine.
2 lbs. light brown sugar
Just a small pinch of salt
6 tablespoons vanilla extract, real if you can get it.
1/5th Everclear (190 proof)

Make coffee and pour into a sauce pan. Keep on medium heat and add the brown sugar, salt and stir until dissolved. Take care not to boil the coffee. Let cool to near room temperature. Add vanilla and Everclear.

Ready to drink right away. Aging will mellow the coffee a bit, but not much.

This comes out somewhere around 60 proof depending on your coffee maker.

[rightly_dividing]

I agree that her southern drawl is exaggerated for the show. She also had Jimmy Carter on the show and was all gaga over him. I have her cookbooks and have made a number of her recipes, but quit watching her show a long time ago.

[mojo114]

Thanks for the ping! I am busy writing down the wonderful recipes!!!! Can’t wait to try so many delicious foods for the holiday.

[TMD]

You’re welcome! It is delicious and couldn’t be easier to make.

P.S. It’s even better on turkey sandwiches the next day ; )

[Stand Watch Listen]

Pumpkin Gingerbread
INGREDIENTS:
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
2. In a large mixing, combine sugar, oil and eggs; beat until smooth. Add water and beat until well blended. Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice cinnamon, and clove.
3. In medium bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and blend just until all ingredients are mixed. Divide batter between prepared pans.
4. Bake in preheated oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• option:
--substituting half the oil for applesauce and 1/2 cup less sugar. • baked at 325 for 90 min. The last 10 min,cover them with foil so they wouldn't burn

Potato Rolls
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 medium potato, peeled and diced
• 2 cups water
• 1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
DIRECTIONS:
1. Place potatoes in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 10-15 minutes or until tender. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Set cooking liquid aside to cool to 110 degrees F-115 degrees F. Mash potato (don't add milk or butter); set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm cooking liquid. Add the honey, oil, salt, egg, 4 cups flour and mashed potato. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
3. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 7-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
4. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 36 pieces. Shape each into a ball. Place in a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
5. Bake at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
options/hints:
-- • Make sure to give yourself plenty of time to proof (rise) the dough twice
• substitute 2 oz. envelope of Idahoan instant mashed potatoes

Almond Cranberry Squash Bake
INGREDIENTS:
• 4 cups hot mashed butternut squash
• 4 tablespoons butter or margarine,softened, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole berry cranberry
• sauce
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large bowl, combine the squash, 2 tablespoons butter, salt, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg; mix well. transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Stir cranberry sauce until softened; spoon over squash.
2. Combine almonds, brown sugar and remaining butter; mix well. Sprinkle over cranberry sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

[RckyRaCoCo]

mmmm....turkey

[commish]

Here are a couple of my families favorites.

DIRT PUDDING

Ingredients
1 Bag Oreo Cookies
1 stick butter
8 oz Cream Cheese
1 cup Powdered Sugar
12 oz Cool Whip
2 boxes Vanilla Pudding

Directions
Bowl 1: crush Oreo Cookies until finely ground (leave centers in cookies)
Bowl 2: Prepare vanilla pudding per instructions on package
Bowl 3: Mix butter, cream cheese and Powdered Sugar until well blended. Fold in Cool Whip.
Layer ingredients 3 times. Pudding on bottom, cream mixture in center, top with oreo cookies. Go light with the cookies on the first two layers so you have enough to completely cover the top of the final layer. Chill over night. Place a fake Poinsettia branch in the middle.

MONKEY BREAD

Ingredients
1 Cup Sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 stick butter
1 Tsp maple flavor
1 Tsp cinnamon
2 Cans Grand Biscuits
Powdered sugar

Directions
Preheat Oven to 350
Mix the Sugar, brown Sugar and Cinnamon. Set aside. Melt Butter and add maple Flavor to butter. Stir well. Separate biscuits and cut into Quarters. Put half the biscuits in the Sugar/Cinnamon mixture and coat them thoroughly. Spray bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. Put biscuits in bottom of bundt pan. Pour HALF of the butter/maple mixture over the biscuits. Repeat with second half of biscuits. Place in Oven and bake until brown (approx 10-15 minutes). Let cool. Remove from Bundt pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

[txhurl]

bttt

[FreeKeys]

I’m no accomplished cook by any stretch, but everybody loves “my” rice. I just cook up a batch of Uncle Ben’s Long Grain and Wild Rice (chicken flavor). After the normal cooking Uncle Ben prescribes I mix in a bunch of sauteed mushrooms, some garlic granules, a little butter, a tiny bit of soy sauce, and some extra chicken broth. Simmer on low heat, stirring occasionally until the broth is absorbed. Awesome.

[ThomasThomas]

Three bean Salid

Yes that is the way to spell it.

One giant tub of Cool Whip

1/3 pound Cinnamon Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

1/3 pound Licorice Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

1/3 pound “what strikes my fancy at the store” Jelly Belly Jelly Beans

Mix the 1/3 pound Cinnamon Jelly Belly Jelly Beans with the 1/3 pound Licorice Jelly Belly Jelly Beans and the 1/3 pound what strikes my fancy at the store Jelly Belly Jelly Beans in a bowl by hand. A electric mixer will damage the jelly beans.

I a slightly larger blow smooth a layer of cool whip to cover the bottom of the bowl. Place a layer of the on mix jelly beans on top of the layer of cool whip. Add a layer of cool whip on top of the jelly bean mixture. Repeat these step till one of the ingredients is gone. Place the bowl in refrigerator to chill. Eat All left over ingredients NOW.

When finished eating the left over ingredients you remove the bowl from the refrigerator and it is ready to serve.

Possible variations

Substitute a difference flavor of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.

Choose Jelly Belly Jelly Beans by color to fit the season. Orange , yellow and brown for fall events such as Thanksgiving. Red and green are good Christmas colors.

You even use this at football games using the team colors. Both professional and collegiate games.

[tsmith130]

WOW! Thanks everyone...this has been great. Lots of yummy sounding recipes! If anyone tries a new recipe here, try to come back to the thread and give us your thumbs up review!

[tillacum]

Thank you illiac. I want to do a brined turkey this year. We do 2 one in the oven (the one I want to brine) and one in the bbq pit.

[illiac]

I used to do one over charcoal and hickory on a Webber kettle....caught the drippings for gravy. Nice smoked flavor to the turkey and the gravy.

Hope you enjoy the one in brine....Happy Holidays!

[Tatze]

Sweet Potato Tarts
(From Southern Living Magazine (Zamaani's Nutty Yam Tartlets), January 2002)
(Makes up to four dozen)

Ingredients
• 2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon light or dark rum
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 dozen frozen tart shells or mini graham cracker pie crusts

Directions
1. Place the potatoes in a large saucepan with enough water to cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook for 15 minutes, or until fork-tender. Save the water.
2. Mash or whip the potatoes. Stir in butter until melted. Blend until smooth.
3. Stir in eggs and next 11 ingredients, blending well. Add the saved water in small amounts as needed, until consistency of pancake batter.
4. Spoon about 2 or 3 tablespoons mixture into each tart shell.
5. Bake at 350° for 30 to 45 minutes or until set. Don’t allow to burn.


I exclude the coconut milk and flakes. Still tastes great!

[hoagy62]

el pingo for later perusal

[mojo114]

I have a question about the recipe. I bought all the ingredients and am ready to go. How small after you grind are the cranberries? I have a chopping thing on my food processor but no grind.
Thanks!

[antceecee]

I got these two recipes off of the Farmers Almanac site and have made them for several years. Both are great!
The corn casserole is a bit different from your recipe.

Corn Casserole:

1 can cream corn
1 can whole kernal corn (not drained)
1 box jiffy corn muffin mix
1 large egg
1 med. onion chopped
1 stick melted margarine
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients and bake in a glass, buttered baking dish at 350 until golden brown and just cracking on top.

Pea Salad: (I use frozen peas for this - like them better - I just run them under warm water before adding to the salad)

1 or 2 cans of peas drained (your choice, depending how well you like peas)
6 boiled eggs chopped
1 bunch green onion chopped
1 jar bacon bits or to taste (I have found the imitation is best)
1 Reg. size bag of shredded cheddar cheese

Mix 1 to 1 1/2 cup real mayo
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Dry Mix
1/2 C. sour cream

Place first 5 ingrediants in lg. bowl then add mayo mix. Blend well. Refrigerate and add salt and pepper to taste.

I make this recipe just about every holiday. Love It!

[Helen]

Our Thanksgiving dinner was a huge success, and much of the success and praise was the moistness and taste of the turkey, along with the taste of the gravy. I told my guests we had illiac to thank for it; they didn’t know what I was talking about and some were too polite to ask. Those who were not too polite to ask now have the directions you posted, and said to tell you “thanks”.

Hope your day was as blessed as ours. Family and friends are very special people. Thank you again; that method of preparation is now a permanent part of our annual dinner.

[I managed to turn that turkey like I knew what I was doing. Didn’t even make much of a mess!]

[nina0113]

Everybody loved your corn casserole.

[bgill]

Thanks! Glad they did. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!