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An Old-Fashioned Christmas Dinner, Hold the Fruitcake
Juicy rib roast, crispy potatoes, a chocolate-drenched dessert, and a warm boozy cocktail are all you need.
Stuffed Turkey Breasts With Butternut Squash, Kale, and Sausage
This turkey roulade recipe is perfect for a crowd, but is easily halved to feed a smaller crew.
Vegetarian Mushroom Gravy
This rich gravy gives a boost of extra flavor to vegetable broth thanks to an earthy thyme-garlic oil and umani-rich cremni mushrooms. Spoon it over #Vegducken, stuffing, or use it as a base for your next veggie pot pie.
Cranberry-Lime Pie
The spirit of a Key lime pie in the guise of a luscious cranberry curd. The contrast between the snappy press-in crust and the tart filling in this recipe is pure genius.
Apple Pandowdy
This apple pandowdy recipe is so delicious that we're just going to have to say: Cobbler, you’ve been warned.
Mushroom-Thyme Pot Pies
Brushing the underside of the dough with egg wash for this pot pie recipe creates an airtight seal so that steam will push the pastry lids into a dramatic dome during baking.
Mashed Baked Potatoes with Chives
Baking the potatoes for this recipe is a completely hands-off cooking process that also reduces some of the water content in the spuds, resulting in the easiest and most flavorful mash of all time.
Citrus-Pomegranate Relish
If you see other types of citrus at the market, feel free to combine them in this simple five-ingredient (cranberry-free) relish recipe.
Cheesy Sausage and Sage Stuffing
This holiday-worthy recipe was inspired by bread pudding and ended up somewhere between a strata, a gratin, and a traditional Thanksgiving stuffing.
Bourbon and Brown Sugar Glazed Turkey
Separate cooking techniques for breast and legs in this recipe ensure that the different cuts reach their most delicious potential. Cutting the raw turkey into parts is the only challenge here; if possible, ask your butcher to do it for you.
Skillet Cornbread With Chives
A true Southerner wouldn’t dare add sugar to this cornbread recipe, but a Yankee might miss it. Do what you will; we don’t judge.
Oat and Apple Pancakes
The oats, nuts, and fruit in this batter will start your day on the right nutritional foot—even with a generous glug of maple syrup poured over the top.
Smoked Salmon 7-Layer Dip
This zesty spin on the old party classic matches hot-smoked salmon with beet horseradish, two kinds of soft cheese, and crunchy veg and herbs. Serve it with bagels or pumpernickel bread.
Relish Tray With D.I.Y. Eggs
Smoked almonds and black olives are our suggestions for this appetizer, but use any nut or olive that you like.
Easy Roast Turkey With No-Roux Gravy
It’s important to follow the measurements for the salt and to use a low-sodium stock (or, better yet, a homemade one) for this recipe—otherwise, the gravy could wind up being too salty.
Thanksgiving Skillet Pizza
Transform the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers into this irresistible pizza, with mashed potatoes taking the place of tomato sauce.
Perfect Brown Gravy
Deliciously smooth Brown Gravy every time.
Perfect Turkey Gravy
Make Perfect Turkey Gravy every time.
3-Ingredient Sweet Potato Casserole With Maple Pecans
Maple syrup pumps up the flavor of puréed sweet potatoes and provides a sweet glaze for extra-peppery candied pecans in this classic Thanksgiving side.
Dance Around the Kitchen to Olu Dara's "Okra" (and Cook It Too!)
The jazz cornetist's joyful 1998 song celebrates the stalwart Southern vegetable.