Below are a few Thanksgiving recipes ranging from desserts to casseroles to Grandma’s stuffing! Take a look at what WIB members and their families are making on Thanksgiving.
1. Apple Crumb Pie
Meg Maguire
Ingredients:
4 cups apples (tart)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 pie crust
Topping:
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup butter
Cooking Instructions:
1) Core, peel and slice apples
2) Mix apples with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg
3) Put in unbaked pie shell
4) Cover with topping mixture
5) Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes
6) Enjoy!
2. Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Callie MacPherson
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup crunchy or smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 bag of hershey kisses of choice (milk chocolate is best)
Cooking Instructions:
1) Mix all the ingredients from butter to egg in a large bowl
2) Sift flour and powdered ingredients into the bowl and mix all of the ingredients together
3) Roll into balls and coat balls in sugar
4) Bake for 10-12 minutes at 375 degrees
5) Slightly press the hershey kisses into the center of the cookie and push down lightly
6) Let cool and enjoy!
3. Classic Green Bean Casserole
Josephine Sumner
Ingredients:
1 can (10 1⁄2 ounces):
Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1⁄2 cup milk
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 dash black pepper
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1⁄3 cups French Fried Onions
Cooking Instructions:
1. Stir soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, green beans and ⅔ cups onions in a 1 ½ quart casserole dish.
2. Bake at 350०F. for 25 minutes until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the mixture and sprinkle the remaining onions on top of the casserole
3. Bake for 5 minutes or until onions are golden brown
4. Serve and enjoy:)
4. Grandma’s Turkey Stuffing
Julia Whelan
Ingredients:
6 turkey thighs
3 onions
Large bunch of celery
1 box Bell’s seasoning
3-4 boxes turkey broth/stock
4 boxes Ritz Crackers
3-4 eggs
Cooking Instructions:
1. Sprinkle turkey thighs with Bell’s seasoning, then cover with chopped onion and 4 ribs of chopped celery.
2. Pour 3 boxes of turkey broth in the bottom of the pan. Cover with foil; roast for 1 & 1/2 hours.
3. Remove foil; roast for 20 additional minutes, uncovered. Remove from oven. Let cool, then skin and bone the meat. Cut meat into small pieces. Set aside, along with leftover broth from the pan.
4. Dice two additional onions and 4-5 ribs of celery. Sauté both in olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Crush 4 boxes of Ritz crackers.
6. Add turkey meat, sautéed celery & onions and the broth from turkey thighs to large mixing bowl.
7. Add 3-4 Beaten eggs and more turkey broth if needed, and stir until blended well. Then add Bell’s seasoning to taste. Don't over season.
8. Put in large baking pan & cover with foil & bake in oven at 375 degrees for 3-4 hours.
Remove foil & stir. Put back in oven uncovered, roast for 20 additional minutes.
9. When the Thanksgiving turkey is ready, add drippings from the turkey to the stuffing.
10. Mix well.
5. Peanut Butter Pie
Rachel Hall
Ingredients:
Graham cracker crust
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 package (4 oz) cream cheese
8 oz container of cool whip
Reece’s & Heath Bar
Cooking Instructions:
Blend ingredients with mixer
Crush reece’s & heath bar
Stir some into mixture, put the rest aside
Pour mixture into crust
Sprinkle rest of the candy on top
Freeze & eat!!
6. Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Mari Krivelow
Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground beef
1 onion, grated or chopped fine
½ cup bread crumbs or matzo meal
¼ tsp. Salt
1 egg
1 can (10.5 oz.) tomato soup
1 small (8 oz.) can jellied cranberry sauce oil
Cooking Instructions:
Mix together beef, egg, onion and salt. Add bread crumbs and mix thoroughly. Heat small amount of oil in pot. Make balls from beef mixture and drop in oil. Be careful not to let oil splash up and burn you. Brown on all sides. When all the meatballs are browned, add the soup right from can and the cranberry sauce. Break the sauce and stir occasionally until all is dissolved. Once bubbly, cook for 45 minutes.
7. Sweet Potato Casserole
Olivia Bishop
Filling
2 ½ pounds of sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons of butter
½ cup of brown sugar
½ cup of 2% reduced fat milk
1 egg
½ teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
Topping
1 ¼ cups of crushed cornflakes cereal
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of melted butter
1 ¼ cups of mini marshmallows
8. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Danni Orlando
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of oil
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 egg
1 can pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups of flower
1 teaspoon baking soda and baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg and cinnamon
Small bag of chocolate chips or chunks
Cooking Instructions:
Add ingredients to a large bowl and mix
Bake at 350 degrees for 13-15 minutes