Easy Thanksgiving Recipes (Make-Ahead & Crockpot Favorites)
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This is my go-to list of easy Thanksgiving recipes, and it’s the one I come back to every November. You’ll find over 40 tried-and-true sides, desserts, and slow cooker favorites, all made with simple ingredients from the regular grocery store. Pick one dish or plan your whole menu, because nothing here is complicated.
Start the day with easy Thanksgiving appetizers that guests can snack on while the turkey finishes. These dips and bites come together fast, and most can be made ahead so your kitchen stays clear for the main meal.
The main dish is the center of the table, and it doesn’t have to be stressful. These easy Thanksgiving main dishes include simple oven and slow cooker options that free up your time and your oven.
Potatoes are the side dish everyone goes back for. From creamy loaded mashed potatoes and funeral potatoes to scalloped potatoes, two versions of sweet potato casserole, potato salad, and easy air fryer baked potatoes, there’s a Thanksgiving potato recipe here for every table.
No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without stuffing. Choose my old fashioned stuffing, my cornbread stuffing, or my slow cooker cornbread stuffing, which saves precious oven space on the big day.
Warm bread on the table makes the whole meal feel special. These Thanksgiving rolls include my one hour rolls, two kinds of stuffed crescent rolls, and my Texas Roadhouse rolls copycat, so you can pick the one that fits your schedule.
Breads for Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving Sides: Casseroles
Casseroles are the easiest way to feed a crowd. These Thanksgiving casseroles include Jiffy corn casserole, pineapple cheddar casserole, pineapple bread casserole, and carrot souffle, and they bake up with very little work.
Cranberries add the sweet and tangy flavor your plate needs. Make my homemade cranberry sauce, which is so easy, or try my cranberry fluff or cranberry jello salad for a make-ahead side.
Thanksgiving Desserts
Dessert is the part of Thanksgiving dinner that everyone saves room for. This collection has traditional pumpkin, apple, sweet potato, and pecan pies, a pumpkin slab pie to feed a crowd, and creative pumpkin desserts like pumpkin roll and Pumpkin Lush, my most popular recipe.
