Recipes: For Thanksgiving

CROCKPOT HOLIDAY CRANBERRY SAUCE

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 1 cup orange juice + zest of 1/2 an orange
• Get Ingredient
  16 ounces cranberries, fresh or frozen
• Staple Mark
  ½ tsp cinnamon
• Staple Mark
  1¼ cups sugar
• Staple Mark
  dash of cloves (very small dash!)

WHAT TO DO:

Put all the ingredients in your crockpot and stir carefully to combine.  Cook on high for 2-3 hours until the liquid is starting to get syrupy.  Refrigerate until ready to use!

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CINNAMON-SPICED WHIPPED CREAM

WHAT YOU NEED:

1 cup heavy cream 
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar 
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

WHAT TO DO:

To make the whipped cream, beat heavy cream on high speed in a large bowl until soft peaks form. Beat in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Serve with the pie.

PUMPKIN PIE WITH PECAN CRUST 

So, we are hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow and I thought I'd share a few simple recipes I'll be using. We will also be doing the turkey and gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes (I mash mine with orange juice and bake it with green apples on top!). Michael will bake rolls, and the rest of the Joneses will bring the other dishes to make our meal complete! 

Yes, I did mention that I'm hosting. That probably means I should get moving here. 

Happy Day Before Thanksgiving. Remember to eat lite today so you can go to town tomorrow!

Love,

Kristyn 

P.S. I must tell you that we will also be making vanilla bean butter...because it is to die for!

VANILLA BUTTER

WHAT TO USE:

• 1 stick 1/2 Cup Butter, Softened
• 1 whole Vanilla Bean
• 2 Tablespoons Sugar

WHAT TO DO:

To make the vanilla butter, combine the softened butter, the caviar from the vanilla bean, and the sugar. Stir until totally combined, then spread into a ramekin and serve with the warm muffins. (Butter can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge.)

(Thanks Pioneer Woman!)

And that's a wrap, folks.