Sunday, November 21, 2010

Thanksgiving Recipes

Every Thanksgiving, I make the same stuff: pumpkin roll, hashbrown casserole & most recently, what I like to call "pink fluffy goodness".

Hashbrown Casserole
My Aunt passed this recipe on to me & I love it!

2lb frozen hashbrowns
2 c sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
2-3 c shredded cheddar cheese
1 stick butter (melted)
salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400.  Grease a 9x14 casserole dish.  Allow hashbrowns to thaw some before adding other ingredients.  Mix all ingredients in a large bowl & pour into casserole dish.  Top with some extra shredded cheddar & bake uncovered for 45 min or until golden.



Pumpkin Roll aka "The Log"
A friend gave me this recipe years ago and it has been my signature dessert at Thanksgiving dinner for at least 5 years now.  We lovingly call it "the log"...well, because it looks like a log!  And because we are a little nerdy.

2 large eggs
2/3 c strained pumpkin
1 c sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 c flour

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix flour, cinnamon & baking soda.  In a separate bowl, beat eggs, add sugar, then pumpkin. Add flour mixture & mix well.  Spread onto a greased & floured (or wax paper lined) jelly roll pan.  Bake 15 min.  Let cool 15 min.  Get a dish towel damp and turn cooled cake out & roll up into damp towel.



To make filling, whip together:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 tbsp butter, softened
1 c powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Unroll cake & spread filling on.  Re-roll & chill.


You can serve as a log, sprinkled with powdered sugar.  Or serve sliced and displayed on a platter.






Heavenly Hash aka "Pink Fluffy Goodness"
This is my Mother-in-law's recipe

1 bag cranberries (chopped in food processor)
1 bag mini marshmallows
1 tub cool whip
1/2 - 3/4 c sugar
(you can add chopped pecans, but I don't)

Sprinkle chopped cranberries & mini marshmallows with sugar and let set over night.  The next day, add cool whip, mix well & serve.  It's as pretty as it is good!

No comments: