No need to stress over your Thanksgiving menu this year! Here is a variety of recipes that will take the stress out of planning and let you focus on the fun of the holiday! (Do you know what day Thanksgiving is this year?) This guide has all the essentials, from classic turkey and ham options to sides and desserts that will complete your spread. Just pick your favorites, mix and match, and get ready for a meal that everyone will love. Whether you’re hosting your first Thanksgiving or are a seasoned pro, this menu has everything you need to make the day delicious and memorable!
Thanksgiving Main Course
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Herb Butter Roasted Turkey
Our families favorite way to prepare Thanksgiving! Herb Butter Roast Turkey is easy, flavorful, and no-fail! Don’t be intimated by preparing Turkey for your Thanksgiving feast, this recipe is actually pretty darn easy!
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Bacon Wrapped Turkey
Turkey for Thanksgiving, of course! That is to be expected. But, a turkey wrapped in bacon for Thanksgiving?!?! Yes, please! If you really want to impress your friends and family this Thanksgiving, walk out with (don’t drop it!) a turkey that is covered in crispy bacon.
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Spatchcock Turkey
Spatchcock Turkey is a tender and juicy herb butter-roasted turkey with crisp skin and evenly cooked meat. Spatchcocking a turkey is a method where you remove the backbone from the turkey and ‘flatten’ it, or ‘butterfly’ it. This method allows the cooking to be done more evenly, and it also saves a little on cooking time!
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Brown Sugar Glazed Ham
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham is a bone-in ham topped and roasted with a sweet, tangy, and spiced brown sugar glaze that creates a caramelized coating.
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Apple Butter Honey Glazed Ham
Apple Butter Honey Glazed Ham combines the savory richness of a bone-in ham with a sweet, fruity, and slightly tangy glaze. This recipe is not only incredibly tasty but also quite easy to prepare, making it a fantastic choice for holiday feasts!
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Thanksgiving Side Dishes
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Green Bean Casserole
A few simple ingredients is all you need to make this Thanksgiving staple.
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Bacon Green Bean Casserole
Bacon Green Bean Casserole is a classic holiday side dish made with fresh green beans, crispy bacon, and a creamy mushroom sauce, topped with homemade fried onions. It’s a flavorful upgrade to the Campbell’s green bean casserole you have probably had many times!
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Mashed Potatoes
Creamy, dreamy, delicious mashed potatoes that just might be your new favorite recipe!
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Skins On Mashed Potatoes
With just the right amount of texture and creaminess, Skins on Mashed Potatoes will be a favorite on your next dinner menu, especially on Thanksgiving. Yes, I said texture. With the skins left on the potatoes, the mashed potatoes will be more rustic-looking and vibrant.
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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
If you don’t want ooey gooey cheese covering every single nook and cranny of your scalloped potatoes then look away. These Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes are perfection!
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Sweet Potato Casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole is the perfect holiday side dish. Savory and sweet combine in such a unique way! Creamy mashed sweet potatoes with brown sugar, topped with a homemade marshmallow meringue!
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Thanksgiving Breads
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Butter Swim Biscuits
Butter Swim Biscuits are buttermilk biscuits that are baked drenched in butter for a biscuit that has a crispy crust with a soft and fluffy inside.
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Easy Dinner Rolls
This Easy Dinner Rolls Recipe is the perfect addition to any meal with the rolls' golden brown exterior and soft, pillowy center. Then, melted butter is brushed over the warm rolls with an optional sprinkling of kosher salt on top. My mouth is watering describing them, they are so good! Be sure to add them to your Thanksgiving and Christmas menus! Then, keep the recipe around any time you are craving rolls that can be made in under a couple of hours.
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Parker House Rolls
Parker House Rolls are soft, buttery, and slightly sweet rolls, baked until golden, then brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with salt. They are melt-in-your-mouth good, and there is a reason they have stood the test of time, being around for over 150 years!
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Sweet Potato Rolls
Sweet Potato Rolls are soft, dense, buttery rolls that melt in your mouth and have a hint of salt in every tasty bite.
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Crescent Rolls
Crescent Rolls are soft crescent-shaped homemade rolls that are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with kosher salt.
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Buttermilk Biscuits
This classic recipe has been made by thousands and loved by millions! No fancy tools or equipment needed!
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Homemade Cornbread
This cornbread is right in the middle of sweet and savory. It is nice and crumbly and is delicious topped with butter. This recipe can also be made into cornbread muffins.
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Vegetable Side Dishes
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Roasted Carrots
Brown Sugar and Rosemary Roasted Carrots are a family favorite all year long. We especially love this recipe in the fall and winter as the rosemary is earthy, comforting, and the perfect complement to a carrot! I also have Air Fryer Carrots if you need to free up your oven!
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Maple Bacon Carrots
Maple Bacon Carrots have the sweetness of maple syrup glazed over the saltiness of the bacon, working beautifully with the cooked carrot. It’s an appetizer or side dish that really takes the ‘carrot’!
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Brussels Sprouts in Maple Bourbon Sauce
These Brussels sprouts in Maple Bourbon Sauce are packed with a glorious combination of bacon and pecans! Amazing enough to be served on their own yet perfect with a big hearty dinner.
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Brussels Sprouts are oven-roasted Brussels sprouts that have been coated with olive oil, salt, and pepper for an easy, but delicious vegetable side dish. I also have shredded Brussels sprouts that you may want to serve.
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Garlic Roasted Asparagus
Garlic Roasted Asparagus is simple and delicious. It is a quick side dish that pairs with any savory meal.
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Green Beans Almondine
Green Beans Almondine is a vegetable side dish with crisp, tender green beans mixed with sauteed onions, toasted almonds, and garlic. The combination of fresh green beans, almonds, and buttery goodness creates a wonderful medley of flavors and textures, making Green Beans Almondine a timeless addition to any meal.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Sweet Potatoes are an easy and delicious way to get a side of sweet potatoes on the table for the holidays or any night of the week! If you are feeling a little sweet and spicy, try my Maple Chipotle Roasted Sweet Potatoes!
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Sauces & Condiments
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Homemade Brown Gravy
Homemade Brown Gravy Mix is a dry gravy mix that combines pantry staples that you probably already have on hand to create a flavorful base for rich brown gravy. There is no need to go out and buy a packet of dry gravy mix when you can make a batch to have on hand for up to a year!
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Bacon Gravy
Saving the drippings from a bacon covered turkey is a fantastic way to make gravy! You can always baste the turkey with bacon fat for a quicker option! 🙂
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Homemade Cranberry Sauce
After making your own homemade Cranberry Sauce, you will never buy cranberry sauce out of a can again! Seriously, this recipe is so easy to make, I bet you won’t have any leftovers of this often-overlooked Thanksgiving side dish! I also have an upgrade to canned cranberry sauce in my Easy Cranberry Sauce recipe.
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Cranberry Aioli
This Cranberry Aioli recipe blends creamy mayonnaise, whole cranberry sauce, Dijon mustard, honey, and lemon juice for a tangy, sweet, and savory dip. It is perfect for sandwiches like my leftover turkey sliders, roasted vegetables, or holiday dishes.
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Cowboy Butter
Cowboy Butter is flavored butter that can be used as a dipping sauce or formed into a log to use as a spread. It’s delicious when served with steak, turkey, chicken, and more.
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Thanksgiving Desserts
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Perfect Pumpkin Pie
Perfect Pumpkin Pie is a smooth and rich pumpkin-based custard pie that is baked in my no-fail homemade pie crust.
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Impossible Pumpkin Pie
Impossible Pumpkin Pie is an impossibly easy-to-make crustless pumpkin pie that forms its own crust while being baked.
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Pumpkin Dessert
Pumpkin Dessert is a moist and soft pumpkin-flavored pound cake drizzled with a sweet cream cheese glaze.
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Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin cheesecake is a delectable dessert that combines the rich and creamy goodness of cheesecake with the warm and comforting flavors of pumpkin spice. It's a dessert that's sure to impress and satisfy anyone with a sweet tooth.
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Classic Apple Pie
Classic Apple Pie is a traditional apple pie made with a no-fail, homemade pie crust that is filled and baked with fresh apples. For another delicious homemade apple pie, try Dwight’s Caramel Apple Pie. Or, try my No Bake Apple Pie! (I know how 'busy' the oven can be around the holidays!)
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Apple Crisp
The Best Apple Crisp is exactly that, the best, made with double the crisp and filled with spiced apples for the perfect Fall and holiday dessert! Everyone will be asking you for the recipe, for sure! I also have an Apple Dump Cake you can throw together if you find yourself short on time.
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Pecan Pie
This pie is perfect for the holidays to grace the center of your dining room table!
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Cherry Vanilla Heaven Dessert
Cherry Vanilla Heaven Dessert is an angel food cake layered with cherries, vanilla pudding, and whipped cream! This light and fluffy dessert is easy to make and will be a favorite to share at a potluck or holiday gathering. For a similar dessert, try my Blueberry Lemon Heaven Dessert. If you love angel food, don’t miss my Coconut Angel Food Cake and Coconut Angel Food Cupcakes!
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Thanksgiving Day (or Day After) Breakfast
With such a huge feast on Thanksgiving, you may forget about breakfast. However, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it can be a long wait before the main course is served for the day. These breakfast options are also great for serving your guests who may be staying overnight.
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Overnight French Toast Casserole
This Overnight French Toast Casserole is perfect for prepping ahead so it's easy to throw in the oven for a special breakfast, brunch, or just a delicious way to start your day!
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Pumpkin French Toast Casserole
Pumpkin French Toast Casserole is slices of Challah bread dipped into a pumpkin-flavored custard mixture, sprinkled with pecans, and baked for a warm breakfast or brunch.
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Sweet Potato Pancakes
Sweet Potato Pancakes are rich, buttery, and fluffy, made with mashed sweet potatoes and warmly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. I love them with maple syrup and a dollop of whipped cream for a lazy weekend breakfast!
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Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole
Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole is an easy and delicious combination of ham, cheese, hashbrowns, and eggs. Easily prepared in advance or thrown together in the morning. We used leftover Honey Baked Ham for this recipe, but you can use a store bought version as well.
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Roasted Potato Breakfast Casserole
Roasted Potato Breakfast Casserole is a hearty breakfast made with pan-fried potatoes that are topped and baked with a cheesy bacon and egg mixture.
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Cinnamon Sweet Rolls
Cinnamon Sweet Rolls will fill your house with the wonderful smell of freshly baked sweet rolls that are full of cinnamon and topped with a homemade whipped cream cheese frosting.
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Pumpkin Sweet Rolls
Perfect for Fall, these Pumpkin Spice Sweet Rolls will melt in your mouth and make you wish it was pumpkin spice season all year long!
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Pecan Sticky Buns
Homemade sticky buns based on the Pioneer Woman's famous recipes. They are perfection in every way!
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Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake
This Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake is a moist, tender cake flavored with pure pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice, topped with a thick layer of crumbly streusel topping. These flavors are magical and will melt in your mouth!
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Homemade Monkey Bread
This homemade monkey bread is made with a homemade sweet dough and coated with a healthy dose of cinnamon sugar! The bottom of the bundt pan is filled with a melted butter brown sugar mixture that makes the top pieces of the monkey bread the best part of the whole thing!
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Apple Fritters
Apple Fritters made with a cakey batter incorporated with juicy apples are the ultimate homemade treat! The sweet glaze sends these fritters over the top and may even remind you of a stuffed funnel cake. But better of course! My favorite part? You can have this fabulous Apple Fritter in front of you in 30 minutes!
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I am amazed with this extravagent abundance of Thanksgiving deliciousess. Wow, you have put a lot of work into this. Thank you for your efforts, I would like to be a guest at your house (just kidding). I hope you have a blessed family gathering filled with warmth and love of family. Many thanks for all you do in providing these great recipes throughut the year and sharing bits and pieces of your life. You are a gift.
Thank you so much sweet Elaine!
I absolutely Love Love Love Your blogs!!! When I was not working I used to watch you Live & I totally enjoyed the live shows! You always make me Smile whenever I get Your emails! Thank You for being You!
God Bless You and Your Family & Have a Blessed Holiday Season
Thank you, Amanda, Danke 🙏 Danke 🙏 can’t wait to try everything. You’re simply amazing 😉❤️ What a labor of love you present us with and wish for blessings a thousandfold for you and family. 🤗❤️ A grateful admirer and fellow amateur baker/ cook and Oma to Nic, Hanna and Henrik 😍
Thank you SO MUCH for the kind words!!! You bless me!
Amanda, I really enjoy your recipes. They are delicious!!!!
Keep up the good work.!!!
Wow! What a perfect resource for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner! All of your recipes are always amazing, so there wouldn’t even need to be a test run (although, no one would complain about it!). Can’t wait to add some of these to our menu!
Happy Thanksgiving, Amanda!
Wow, Please let me know when you need taste testing. These all look great. I am thinking of spatchcocking our turkey again this year, do you think the bacon on top would work for this style. Thoughts on brining, Dry vs Wet and with turkey weights being so varied how do I know if it’s going to be too salty? Time vs salt content.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
These recipes look absolutely fabulous. I will be trying a bunch of these. Going to do the easy dinner rolls now!
Wow! Fabulous Thanksgiving recipes! I can’t wait to try some of them. When will they be posted. Love your recipes!
God bless you!
Amanda dear,
You’ve done it again: absolutely created breakfast and Thanksgiving feast fit for royalty! I pray that your family realizes how blessed they are to be able to partake of the food blessings you create! SO much work!!!
Love and hugs
Kay
PS: I wish I were so blessed!!