Our Classic Thanksgiving Recipes

This year, we've foregone the "reinvented" or "new spins" on Thanksgiving recipes. We've opted instead to take a look at the classics we've grown up eating and make them as simply as possible with the freshest ingredients. This special presentation is the culmination of that effort. There are 13 recipes in this video and links to each of the full written versions that include substitutions, tips and tricks on our website. They're here to serve as a starting point for your own classic Thanksgiving day meal.

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0:00 Intro
0:59 Perfect Roast Turkey
15:23 Easy Thanksgiving Gravy
19:49 Sourdough and Herb Stuffing
27:12 Spiced Cornbread and Sausage Dressing
33:23 Green Bean Gratin
41:54 Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole
50:16 Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
55:37 Citrus Cranberry Sauce
1:01:18 Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls
1:09:45 Basic Pie Pastry Dough
1:21:12 Double-Crust Apple Pie
1:30:45 "Not Too Sweet" Pecan Pie
1:35:26 Classic Pumpkin Pie

For our full Thanksgiving coverage:

And every full recipe:

*** Basic Pie Pastry Dough


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[ravengameslife]

Watching people cook is relaxing therapy. Especially if they are talented cooks like this Chef

[theresachiorazzi]

When I was young and made my first turkey I left the bag inside I didn’t know. But it was good.

[cm]

Wouldn't you need a deeper turkey pan, with all that butter and juices? Oh my gosh, looks delicious! Alot of great tips, such as thick onions under turkey, lemons inside. Full preparation of turkey is great 👍 👍👍

[dantaylor-wyqc]

We watched this video and everything looked so good! My wife completely changed the food that we have on Thanksgiving. The turkey was Awesome! This was the best and juiciest turkey I have ever had, No really, as I was curving the turkey turkey juice was all over my knife. The stuffing was so easy to make and absolutely delicious. No more stovetop stuffing in this house.
Thank you so much for your video, these recipes will be handed down thru generations.
Again Thank you for sharing your recipes with my family.

[glitterchiglam]

This is one of the most enjoyable viewing experiences I’ve had watching someone cook. Kudos to this fine chef for his skills in the kitchen. I will be re-watching this again. Subscribed after seeing this 😊

[NathanDuong]

I can not believe I spent almost two hours just to watch this gentleman cooking - And I enjoyed and learned so much from this channel. Thank you.

[suzanneO]

This video is fantastic. Clean, simple and fresh. I definitely learned some things I'll be using this Thanksgiving. Thanks so much.

[cm]

My absolute favorite food for Thanksgiving is the stuffing.
I could just eat that and be happy without anything else.
Your stuffing recipe is perfect, easy, looks so 👍 good.

[CatholicWhisper]

I literally cried with joy and heard angels sing when I learned of your sweet potato casserole. I’ll be making this for Thanksgiving this year! THANK you!!! Best video ever! You are a Blessing to the world!!

[shahadjz]

I love this and cannot wait to replay it three more times as I prepare Thanksgiving (s)!

[judithdemouth]

You are a talented chef and a terrific teacher. Thank you.

[katelutterodt]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. TRULY CLASSIC. SO SIMPLE. AND A GOOD CHEF. I WILL PLAY THIS VIDEO AGAIN AND AGAIN . FANTASTIC

[deviritter]

Great to see the basics from the beginning—just what a newbie needs. :)
I don’t trim the skin, I let it melt to make extra gravy. Salt & pepper. Stuff with fresh herbs — parsley sage rosemary thyme. And 1/4 onion. + a stick of butter. That way the dripping are flavored an all I need to do is bring all this dripping and stock to a boil and stir in a slurry of potato starch and cold stock. Super easy. 🍗

[MayimHastings]

This is such a great compromise on technique! It makes it so much easier than the full blown cheffy versions, but it's still elevated. And I've never had dressing with egg in it, but it makes complete sense. I'm going to do a dry run of this with a whole chicken and see how the family likes it so they don't Marie Antoinette me on Thanksgiving 😁. Happy Fall 2023, everyone! 🧡🙏🕊🍂👻🎃🕷🍁🕸️🦃🥧

[ekdgkxc]

I agree that watching cooks is relaxing therapy and a talented cook for sure no nonsense

[garyclark]

We make cornbread dressing its a mixture of half cornbread and half toasted french bread.
We use chicken stock. Everything else is the same. I do use more broth so dressing is more moist. Make sure your cornbread doesn’t have sugar. Don’t use Jiffy cornbread mix.
Use a cornmeal mix.

[rafaellinhares]

Watching people cook is relaxing therapy.

[lorrainem]

Thank you for sharing step by step all these great recipes, you were very easy to understand and easy on the eys😂 I will be making some of these dishes for my sides for christmas day, I know they will turn out perfect!

[estherm]

I made the turkey and the cornbread dressing it was delicious. Everyone commented on how tender the turkey was. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the video so much. Blessings!!

[lorrainesossin]

You are wonderful. You make it seem sooo easy, but it takes a lot of talent to get that across. I enjoyed every minute and thank you for your presentation.