Feast your eyes on 28 delicious Thanksgiving recipes your family and friends will really want to gobble! 🦃 From crowd-pleasing sides to showstopping desserts, this collection has everything you need for a festive, flavor-filled Thanksgiving feast and holiday weekend.
Happy Monday!
Can you believe Thanksgiving is a month from today?
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, I’m celebrating with a little giveaway!
And I’m sharing a round-up of recipes for entertaining your family or friends and your Thanksgiving feast! From fun appetizers to show-stopping desserts and crowd-pleasing sides, there’s something for every taste, including brunch and breakfast ideas for the weekend before (or after) the big day. You’ll also find a festive beverage to toast the occasion!
Click on the links provided if you’d like the complete recipe for your Thanksgiving feast!
You’ll find the giveaway details at the bottom of this post.
Nutter Butter Turkey Cupcakes!
These little gobblers are fun to make for the kids at your table, using Nutter Butter cookies, licorice wattles and candy corn fantails!
Roasted Harvest Vegetable Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
It can be made ahead, served at room temperature, is colorful, delicious, and a healthy way to eat your veggies so you can feel a little less guilty about that slice of Pumpkin-Pecan Streusel Pie!
Ina Garten’s Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
It’s nice to have a side for Thanksgiving that doesn’t require oven space, when you have multiple dishes to cook or reheat. You can roast the butternut squash up to 3 days in advance, assembling and dressing right before serving.
Turkey Snack Board for Thanksgiving
Create a snack board for easy entertaining for Thanksgiving that your family and friends will want to gobble!
Ina Garten’s Make Ahead Cranberry Sauce
Ina’s recipes never disappoint and her cranberry sauce is the perfect combination of sweet and tart! It will keep in the refrigerator up to 10 days or it’s also freezer-friendly!
Make extra for family members and friends to take home to enjoy with leftover turkey
or ham on a roll; spooned over cream cheese with crackers for an easy appetizer;
or over a wheel of warm melty Brie wrapped in puffed pastry.
Pumpkin-Pecan Streusel Pie with Pecan Piecrust
A delicious spin on the classic pumpkin pie with a pecan-studded crust and streusel topping!
A sweet and salty treat, great for snacking and sure to satisfy hungry pilgrims,
football fans, or tree-trimmers over Thanksgiving weekend.
Word of warning: It’s addictive!
The flavor of pecan pie in an easy and delicious muffin. You’ll want to double the recipe!
Craving classic pumpkin pie flavor in a fun, bite-sized form? These Mini Pumpkin Pies are baked in a muffin tin using refrigerated pie crusts and a simple, one-bowl filling. They’re cute, quick, and perfect for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or fall entertaining.
Pimento Cheese Deviled Egg “Pumpkins”
Calling all pimento cheese and deviled egg lovers, this fun appetizer marries both flavors in one bite and mimics a pumpkin for fall gatherings
A flavorful, sweet treat for your Thanksgiving table and an easy and delicious hostess gift!
Roasted Butternut-Apple and Pumpkin Soup Shooters
A teaser appetizer to serve your guests and whet their appetite for the Thanksgiving feast!
Caramel-Pecan-Pumpkin Bread Pudding
The Caramel-Pecan Sauce guarantees it will be gobbled up! Make this bread pudding in individual ramekins or bake in a 9 x 13 pan and dish it up when ready to serve.
Cranberry-Apple-Pumpkin Bundt Cake
The flavors of fall in a cake with a Maple Glaze and Sugared Pecans and Pepitas
Make-ahead, flavorful and ideal for Thanksgiving weekend with family in town!
Overnight Pumpkin French Toast with Streusel Topping
A make-ahead baked French toast casserole filled with pumpkin flavor! The streusel topping adds a sweet crunch that makes it company-worthy for weekend brunch or Thanksgiving weekend!
Pumpkin Loaf with Cream Cheese Swirl
A moist, spiced pumpkin cake with a tangy cream cheese layer, perfect for a fall morning, Thanksgiving weekend or anytime you slice it!
Potato Gratin with Rosemary Crust
A gratin that marries Yukon Gold and sweet potatoes in a side for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Served in a double crust that’s layered with rosemary and Gruyère cheese!
Cranberry-Pecan Pie Crust Leaves
Dress up your left over Thanksgiving turkey with Cranberry-Pecan Crusts for pot pie, piecrust leaf “sandwiches” of pecans and cranberries!
Pumpkin-Chocolate Harvest Bundt Cake with Bourbon-Pecan Glaze!
Pumpkin meets chocolate and a Bourbon-Pecan Glaze. Serve it with some Nutter Butter and Hersey Kisses Acorns for a fun and seasonal addition and nod to fall.
Cinnamon-Sugar Puff Pastry Turkeys!
Classic palmier cookies that are easy to gobble, with light, buttery, flaky layers of pastry and an irresistibly sweet cinnamon-sugar crunch!
Thanksgiving Turkey Dessert Board
Serve up smiles and satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth too with Thanksgiving Turkey Dessert Board
As easy to mix as is to drink and perfect beverage to serve for a crowd for Thanksgiving!
Slow Cooker Maple Pumpkin Butter
Enjoy as a spread for breakfast breads or stirred into oatmeal, yogurt, or with pancakes and waffles for a seasonal fall treat. Makes a delicious hostess or Thanksgiving take away gift!
Quick and Easy Pumpkin Butter-Pecan Rolls with Pumpkin Spice Glaze
Wake up to Pumpkin Butter-Pecan Rolls with Pumpkin Spice Glaze that use a short cut, for an easy and delicious breakfast or brunch treat!
Get Your Pie On: Cheesy Thanksgiving Appetizer
Your family and friends will enjoy this fun little appetizer for Thanksgiving that’s easy as pie.
Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake with Kahlúa-Cream Cheese Glaze
Fans of Pumpkin Spice Latte will love this warmly spiced Bundt cake with an espresso-cinnamon swirl and coffee glaze, topped with a layer of Kahlua-Cream Cheese.
Turkey-Shaped Butter for Your Thanksgiving Feast
A fun little accompaniment for your Thanksgiving feast
I like to mix and match dishes for Thanksgiving instead of having a complete set of dinnerware,
so I’m always on the look out to add a new “Tom” to add to my collection.
Thanksgiving Table with Assorted Tom Turkeys and Fantail Napkin Fold
Easy 5 Minute Centerpiece for your Thanksgiving Table
Create a quick, no-stress natural centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table.
In anticipation of Thanksgiving, I’m sharing some turkey dish love and giving away
a Turkey Pumpkin Dinner Plate by Royal Stafford to 3 readers,
to start or add to your turkey plate collection!
Enjoy at the table or display your ‘rafters of turkeys’ in a Thanksgiving vignette.
In the Potting Shed: A Rafter of Turkeys and Thanksgiving Vignette
🦃 To enter this giveaway and for a chance to win a “Tom”,
leave a comment telling me your favorite Thanksgiving food or tradition.
🦃 Subscribers/followers automatically get a second entry. Subscribe by email and let me know by comment.
🦃 For a third entry, Pin a photo from this post and leave an additional comment telling me so.
(The Pin/Save button pops up on the upper left corner of each photo).
This giveaway is open to those living in the continental U.S. through midnight November 9th.
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Congratulations to Cheryl K | Kathy E | Michele M
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Thanksgiving has to include herb dressing with turkey gravy.
Mary
I pinned the overnight Pumpkin French toast with streusel topping. I actually will be trying it out this weekend !
Mary
I don’t know what to make first. The tablespace is gorgeous, and so inspiring.
I have fresh cranberries ready to go so I think some freezer friendly sauce is the first thing to make.
Thank you for your wonderful dose of inspiration !
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is a fav tradition. I love watching the parade and can’t wait to take my grandchildren to see it in person! The traditional favs follow: turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie—oh yeah, there’s a green veggie in there somewhere! I need a plate for my family feast , please!
I try to live gratefully all year every day, but thanksgiving is the best time of the year!
Ps. I’m a follower and subscriber to all things HIWTBI!
While it may play havoc with the timing of dinner, we always have a circle of Gratitude where everyone shares what they have been grateful for this year.
Favorite Thanksgiving food is easy. Has to be cornbread dressing. And I will cry like a baby if there’s no cranberry sauce to go with. Then it occurred to me that as a loooong time subscriber here I have another tradition of sorts. And, Mary, that would be seeing cute stuff you have and seeking it out to purchase myself. Just gotta have it! LOL! I have so many decor and tabletop items I was inspired to buy by YOU. Case in point, for years I have longed for the bone handled flatware you’ve featured in many of your fall tablescapes. I have shown great restraint but two weeks ago I FINALLY did it. I purchased them. The flatware will be on my Thanksgiving table this year and a new tradition begins. Thanks (I think) Mary!
Great ideas! I would love to know how my mom made her candied apples. They were so delicious with turkey dinner! I still make her cranberry sauce though, her macaroni salad was a fave also. She was the Best cook….😍
Thanksgiving has started here with pulling out my various turkeys-salt and peppers, turkey planters, figurines, and a few plates. I enjoy all things turkey! Thanks for your inspiring pictures, recipes, and the giveaway!
Your posts are always beautiful! I wish I had a large family to try out these delicacies. I will try some of the recipes but on a smaller scale. I pinned the slow cooker maple pumpkin butter! It looks delicious and something I will definitely try!
My favorite thing about Thanksgiving, that I guess could be considered a tradition, is that my nephew and his family visit from Omaha. It’s the only time I get to see them.
I’m also a subscriber. Thanks for including us in the giveaways!
I pinned the turkey cupcakes. It looks like a fun grandchildren activity. And the turkey butter and the Sangria etc etc etc
My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is our thankful notes. Before Thanksgiving I ask each person to tell me why they are thankful for each member of the family. I type these up and cut each individual note. I then take a can of croissant rolls and divide then up. In each triangle I fold a note and then roll the note into the roll — just as you would a regular croissant roll. I then bake them according to package directions. Once put on the table — before we begin our meal ….or during the course of the meal….each person pulls part their roll and reads the “thankful” not. Sometimes these are funny…sometimes they are serious….but they are always enjoyed. We have done this since my grandchildren were little and they are now in their late teens. I also give my grandchildren a small gift at the end of the day that takes them into the Christmas season…..christmas pj’s….a little decoration for their room….etc.
How thankful Mary so many of us are for you. You bring such joy and creativity to our lives. Happy Thanksgiving! I hope to try these recipes..especially the turkey butter….
Mary, love all your recipes! Every one I’ve tried has been delicious! I would love a Home is where the boat is cookbook!!!
Our Thanksgiving must have is probably my mom’s cornbread dressing with fresh hen. She used to stay up late cooking a fresh ham and her hen and dressing. Great memories!
Thank you for getting this holiday season off to a good start!!
Mary, I pinned the pumpkin spiced Bundt cake! And quite a few others!! Thanks so much for the giveaway for 3 lucky winners! So fun!
Favorite foods: Pumpkin pie with home made whipped cream!
Mary, You have out done yourself with this collection of recipes and beautiful photos! My favorite Thanksgiving food is cornbread stuffing! I would love to be a recipient of one of your turkey plates and am a long-time subscriber. Thank you for all you do to bring such fun and beauty into our lives. 🦃
I pinned the first collage to my Thanksgiving board. Thanks again for the opportunity. 🦃
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is pumpkin cheesecake.
For as long as I can remember, my mother always made her English Roast Potatoes. She has passed on now and I am continuing the tradition. It’s my way of having her with us during the holiday.
our family begins
thanksgiving dinner with Peanut Soup a recipe from an old presidential cookbook. It is served in covered turkey or oumpkin bowls!
Happy Monday! This is a lovely round-up of Thanksgiving recipes. They all sound delicious and are presented beautifully. There are several I need to try! Thanks Mary for sharing🦃
Favorite food for Thanksgiving- mash potatoes
Tradition – set a place setting for those who have passed.
Hi Mary ~ such a yummy looking post. I think that Thanksgiving is definitely one of my favorite holidays. I love to cook and bake for the people in my life who I love so much. Growing up, my I spent a lot of time with my maternal Grandma. She was from Austria. She would make a stuffing out of saltines that were blended, eggs, seasonings, herbs and some parts of the giblets although I am not sure what. It would be stuffed into the turkey and sewn shut. She called it Hungarian stuffing cause my grandpa was Hungarian. I LOVED THAT STUFFING. but alas I somehow never obtained the recipe from her ☹️. So while stuffing is still my favorite food of the day,
I would love some of that Hungarian stuffing!! Hugs, Dorinda
Hi Mary ~ I have been a loyal follower of your blog for many years ~ Dorinda
Hi Mary ~ I pinned the picture of the Tom Turkey dish in my Pinterest board “dish diva” since I collect dishes for holidays etc. Happy Autumn, Dorinda
My favorite Thanksgiving food is pumpkin pie! 🥧You inspired me to collect Turkey plates, so I would love to win one.🦃
I’m an email subscriber and pinned your Pumpkin-Pecan Pie to my pie board. 🥧
Mary,
Always an inspiration ! As a long time subscriber I look forward to ALL your posts. Our dinner table wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t have pumpkin pie ! But I am pinning your pumpkin cream cheese loaf , since I just got the Harvest pan . Looking forward to trying that.
Thanks for all you do .
I have to have some kind of sweet potatoes or casserole to complete my Thanksgiving dinner!
I’m excited to check out this post. I’ve been making your mini pumpkin pies for years. Thanks for sharing.
As a southern, i love the cornbread dressing. also a email subscriber!!
I absolutely love roasted root vegetables. They’re healthful, delicious, and a feast for the eyes with all of the beautiful, assorted colors.
Hi, Mary,
Your recipes sound delicious!
One of my favorite memories is my grandmother’s dressing made with dried white bread
Hi, Mary,
Your recipes sound delicious!
Sorry! My previous essage got “sent” before I had finished.
One of my favorite memories is my grandmother’s dressing made with dried white bread, raisins, apples and nuts. She didn’t leave a recipe; she just knew when it “looked right.” My mom tried and tried until she got the recipe right, so happily, we can reproduce it.
Thank you so very much for rounding up all these wonderful Thanksgiving recipes for us, Mary. I have made several of yours in the past, but I see even more that I’d like to make. My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is pecan pie and pumpkin roll. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is a month away! Why does Fall have to go by so quickly??
I always think I can’t get more impressed with your post but here I am super impressed again!
What a beautiful assortment of recipes and table settings.
My must have tradition is my grandma’s cranberry sauce, she is no longer with us but maybe a little piece of her carries on with the sauce.
I pinned the pumpkin butter pecan rolls, maybe a new tradition! Yum!
Thanks, Diana
The stuffing that goes into the turkey is definitely a shining star for me. Maybe because it’s the one time a year I make stuffing. Mashed potatoes, the gravy and other items I make at other times of the year. Even the sweet potatoes I make at Easter. So the decadent cornbread sausage stuffing wins the prize….especially if it sops up some of that delicious gravy!
I pinned your Overnight Pumpkin French Toast with Streusel Topping. What a way to wake up to breakfast – Oh yes! But I could pin all your recipes… (and probably have come close)…they’re that good!
I love the way you set a festive table.
Grandma Senta’s stuffing and gravy are my favorite must have for Thanksgiving dinner.
I pinned the mini pumpkin pies. My granddaughter loves pumpkin pie and now she can have one of her very own.
So many yummy recipes to choose from! I printed out a few with my fave being butternut, apple, pumpkin soup and I can’t wait to try it!
What a fabulous round-up of Thanksgiving recipes. The Pumpkin French Toast had me at hello! I will be trying that very soon!
Your collection of Thanksgiving plates is phenomenal. Each one is gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing your gorgeous photography.
Happy Last Week of October.
I like the pumpkin pie spiced nuts,and love your turkey snack board,we have turkey and all the fixings at Thanksgiving,one of our favorites is my Scalloped Corn casserole,we love it.Sandra Oct.28th 5:28am
Oh, my word, where does one begin? First off, let me thank you for ALL this inspiration. You make every single holiday so amazing with your recipes, craft ideas and drool-worthy pics. So I’d say for a long time now your Thanksgiving post/s would be a fun tradition for me. As far as our family tradition – we ALWAYS play games after the feast is over. For the cook (me) it is always my pay-back for all the work that goes into making a nice Thanksgiving feast for family and friends. As far as my fav food, I know this is lame as can be but I will ALWAYS do seconds on mashed potatoes with my turkey gravy. I try to eat well all year but I’d do a second helping of those before even a dessert. Love them even though it isn’t a great answer. As far as pinning your post today – I def pinned your tablescape and your pecan cranberry pie crust leaves. And a few others. Thank you for the opportunity to win a Tom Turkey plate. I have always loved and admired them. How perfect to put on a hutch to bring in the season. 3 lucky winners, keeping my fingers crossed!! Thank you so much!
Cranberry sauce recipe pinned! Love the turkey plates, thanks for the giveaway.
Subscriber! We always MUST have pumpkin pie made from a real pumpkin. No Libby’s allowed in our house for the pie recipe. It is actually quite easy to process the small pie pumpkins, and it freezes like a dream. One small pumpkin will be enough for two pies. Happy baking, Mary, and thanks.
I have many favorites for Thanksgiving dinner, but I especially enjoy the pecan pie. Would love to win the giveaway! The turkey plates are so pretty!
I also subscribe by email and really enjoy finding inspiration from your beautiful pictures and ideas.
Thanks Mary! So many delicious options! Clara ❤️
I love making the cranberry relish from Williams-Sonoma. I bought the mold many years ago and was hooked on the recipe. I pinned the bundt cake recipe with the bourbon glaze. I plan on making that one soon.
Jo Anne H
I have made the Williams-Sonoma cranberry relish for many years. I bought the mold back in the day and was hooked on that recipe. Ipinned the bundt cake with the bourbon glaze and plan on making it for Thanksgiving. I’m not a pie lover.
My family looks forward to Italian Sausage dressing with the delicious turkey every year! I want to make and sharing the cornucopia popcorn snack mix!
My favorite Thanksgiving food is bourbon pecan pie. It may also be turkey stuffing. I pinned Slow Cooker Maple Pumpkin Butter and Caramel-Pecan-Pumpkin Bread Pudding.
My favorite Thanksgiving dish is sausage /sage stuffing
My Mom’s recipe is a family heirloom that will be enjoyed and handed down to each new generation!
I love rutabagas! Only time I make them is at Thanksgiving.
I love my daughter’s sweet potato casserole! It’s the perfect addition to our Thanksgiving table! I will make it this year since we won’t be visiting her and her sweet family.
I’m a subscriber and love getting your posts.
I’m a subscriber and have been for many years!!!
I just saved one of your photos to Instagram.
I was reading an article the other day that said Ina Garten thinks stuffing should not be a part of the Thanksgiving table because people, well, stuff themselves with it, and have no room for the other dishes. To me, Thanksgiving is simply not Thanksgiving without the stuffing.
I love your posts and look forward to all the ones you post. My favorite thing about Thanksgiving is when the young grandchildren come and help Nana write the names on the placecards and then figure out where they want everyone to sit. Makes myday
Love all of your Thanksgiving table settings! Ever since I was a child we always had candied yams for Thanksgiving. It’s a loving and delicious memory we carry on today. Wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it. I’m a long time subscriber! Thanks for this giveaway. Would love to add this plate to my collection!
I absolutely love your posts, you always have the perfect little secret to make holidays and occasions special. Thank you for that! I can’t wait to try the roasted harvest vegetable salad. My favorite part about Thanksgiving is preparing my table setting and side board. I love using my Fitz & Floyd Harvest Bounty pitcher and gravy boat and I recently rescued the matching turkey tureen from a vintage market festival, he had a small flaw on one side and was a steal at $28.00.
My favorite recipe is an old one for a layered cranberry salad that incorporates cream cheese.
Thank you for the opportunity to have a piece of that lovely dinnerware.
A favorite Thanksgiving tradition: using a white tablecloth and asking guests to sign their names and listing something for which they are thankful. Using the same tablecloth year after year creates a treasure!
Good Morning Mary,
Thank you for the giveaway and great recipes!
My favorite food and tradition is Stuffing with Linguica in it. My husband and his family are Portuguese and really enjoy this sausage.
I am a subscriber and enjoy all of your posts, table settings, Skeletons and photos.
I pinned your photo on Pinterest.
I’m a subscriber and enjoy your blog.
To me thanksgiving is all about family and all
those family dishes that have been passed down through the generations
Your dessert snack board and nutter turkey cupcakes are great and will be a hit with the grandkids so I’ve pinned both. Thanks for the ideas
What a fantastic array of recipes!! All look delicious, but the pumpkin French toast caught my eye for sure. I always enjoy your blog.