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Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes, According to You

By Pillsbury Kitchens
Created October 23, 2024
Sweet potato casserole topped with toasted marshmallows.
These recipes have been chosen by home chefs like you as the very best we have to offer. Find your favorites and put together your best Thanksgiving meal yet!

The Best of the Best Thanksgiving Recipes

If there’s a grand championship of holiday meals, it’s got to be Thanksgiving dinner. More than any other holiday throughout the year, this is when the food truly takes center stage. That means it’s the perfect time to try something new and show everybody what you can do in the kitchen! Each of these recipes has been tested by home chefs like you and proven to be accessible, impressive, and above all, delicious, so you can take a chance on something new without fear. From sides to mains to dessert, you can get everything you need to pull off your best Thanksgiving dinner yet.

Breakfast Ideas

You may want to start with appetizers, but don’t get ahead of yourself! Thanksgiving starts with the most important meal of the day: breakfast. So why not start celebrating first thing in the morning with these tasty baked goods?

Starters & Apps

When it’s time for the big holiday feast, kick it off with a bang! From a contest-winning champion to super-simple starters to unforgettable all-time favorites, each one of these appetizer recipes was hand-picked by home chefs like you, so you can be sure you’ll find the perfect way to get the celebration started.

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Sides & Casseroles

Why should the main course have all the fun? Everybody knows it’s the sides that make the Thanksgiving spread come alive. You’ll find no shortage of exciting and impressive side dishes to fill out your holiday spread. From simple, classic slow-cooker stuffing to effortless homemade mashed potatoes that blow instant potatoes out of the water, these side dish recipes ensure that everybody at your table can find something to love.

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Main Courses

This is the big one. What you and your guests look forward to for the other 11 months of the year. It turns out, the people have spoken: The two winning mains are classic roast turkey and delectable maple brown sugar ham. If you want to do Thanksgiving right, just choose your dish and follow these simple recipes to make it happen. You don’t have to take our word for it! Take a look at what our home chefs have to say about how easy, impressive, and enjoyable these holiday mains can be.

Desserts & Sweets

Dinner isn’t done until you top it off with something sweet! No matter how you put together your holiday feast, you just have to top it off with tasty turkey cookies or a fresh-baked pie bursting with the flavors of fall. Put together a pumpkin pie that lives up to its name of “easiest ever,” give your guests the perfect apple pie they’ll be talking about until next Thanksgiving, or mix things up with an irresistible chocolate-pecan pie that combines sweet and savory like nothing else on the menu.

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Make Your Menu

Make this year’s Thanksgiving feast flawless by planning the menu well in advance. You might consider starting with your main dish, and choosing sides and apps that complement the flavors. Or you could start at breakfast and just pick your favorites from the list above. However you go about designing your menu, when you build it with these home-chef-favorite recipes, you can be sure of one thing: all your guests will love it. Happy Thanksgiving!