Thanksgiving dinner is a great treat with several delicacies. Turkey forms the main attraction of the dinner. However, apart from turkey, you can also make a variety of simple recipes on the day, to add to the festivities. There are many dishes that are extremely simple to prepare and at the same time, very delicious. These dishes, despite being side dishes, form an integral part of the Thanksgiving dinner. In this article we bring you some easy Thanksgiving recipes. Try them out and make a difference to your Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Simple Recipes For Thanksgiving
Mashed Sweet Potato
Ingredients
You can make some simple recipes for Thanksgiving and organize a grand dinner. Read on to find out some easy Thanksgiving recipes.
Easy Thanksgiving Recipes
- 5 Sweet Potatoes
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- ½ cup Milk
- ½ cup Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 11/4 cup Dried Coconut
- 1/3 cup Butter
- ½ cup All-purpose Flour
Procedure
- Clean and peel the sweet potatoes. Now, bake and then mash them well.
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 350°F.
- In a large bowl, mix white sugar, butter, eggs, milk, vanilla and sweet potatoes.
- In another bowl, mix the ingredients for the topping, which include sugar, coconut, butter and flour.
- Mix the topping ingredients by handy and sprinkle them over the sweet potato mixture.
- Keep the potato, along with the topping, in the oven and bake for around half an hour.
- Make sure that after half an hour, the dish turns slightly golden or brown in color. In case, it has not turned so, keep it for further baking.
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 Homemade or Readymade Baked Pie Crust
- 4 Eggs
- 1-1/3 cup Whipping Cream
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 1/9 tsp All Spice, ground
- 11/3 cup Pumpkin Puree
- 3 tbsp Chopped Crystallized Ginger
- ¼ cup Bourbon
- Salt, as per taste
Procedure
- Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl. Mix cream, salt, sugar, and ground spices into the pumpkin puree and stir well.
- Mix the chopped ginger and bourbon into the above mixture and stir well.
- Carefully drain the whole mixture into the baked pastry shell.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Garnish the pie with whipped cream and serve warm.
Sweet Corn With Cheese
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 18 ounce Frozen Corn Kernels
- 10 ounce Cream Cheese
- ½ cup Butter
- ¾ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- Salt, as per taste
- Pepper, as per taste
Procedure
- Mix all the ingredients, except salt and pepper, well and cook in the cooker.
- If you are cooking on high, you need to keep the cooker over the flame for 2 to 4 hours. On low flame, it will require 4 to 6 hours of cooking time.
- Season it with salt and pepper and serve.