Our Classic Thanksgiving Recipes
Video Overview & Insights
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.
for Thanksgiving this year i bought some pigs in blankets which is literally a Christmas dish
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0:00 Intro
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0:59 Perfect Roast Turkey
15:23 Easy Thanksgiving Gravy
BEN MIMS can cook!! The sourdough stuffing is just making the house smell so good! WOW๐ฎ
19:49 Sourdough and Herb Stuffing
27:12 Spiced Cornbread and Sausage Dressing
I made the cornbread stuffing, it was delicious, sir you invited to the Family dinners โค Happy Thanksgiving everyone 2025
33:23 Green Bean Gratin
41:54 Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole
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50:16 Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
55:37 Citrus Cranberry Sauce
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1:01:18 Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls
1:09:45 Basic Pie Pastry Dough
I come back every year to this recipes โค
1:21:12 Double-Crust Apple Pie
1:30:45 "Not Too Sweet" Pecan Pie
My mom always took the trimmings of the pie dough and layered them flat on a baking pan. She put sugar and cinnamon on them and baked them. That was our treat until the pie got done.
1:35:26 Classic Pumpkin Pie
For our full Thanksgiving coverage:
My goto vid this year. And super refreshing to see a video w/o a yt plaque in the background.
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-11-03/classic-thanksgiving-recipes
And every full recipe:
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Instructions for Making the Whole Thanksgiving Dinner!!.. This Guy is โFANTASTIC!!โ.. I would give this instructional video 20 Stars!!!! So Clear & Perfect as far as Learning the techniques for a Fabulous & Delicious Thanksgiving Dinner!!!!
Thank You So Much LA Times for Using this Wonderful Chef!!!! (To show us All these Wonderful Recipes!!
God Bless Us All with A Beautiful Thanksgiving!!!.. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ
*** Perfect Roast Turkey - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/perfect-thanksgiving-roast-turkey
*** Easy Thanksgiving Gravy - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/easy-thanksgiving-gravy-recipe
Should we wash the turkey and remove the bits of feathers?
*** Sourdough and Herb Stuffing - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-sourdough-and-herb-stuffing
*** Spiced Cornbread and Sausage Dressing - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-spiced-cornbread-and-sausage-dressing
Do brown wheat dinner rolls
*** Green Bean Gratin - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-green-bean-gratin
*** Sweet Potato and Apple Casserole - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/meringue-topped-sweet-potato-and-apple-casserole
everything looked good but we can't have thanksgiving at my house without my homemade mac&cheese. My husband and kids would have a fit lol!
*** Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-buttermilk-mashed-potatoes
*** Citrus Cranberry Sauce - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-citrus-cranberry-sauce
You are a very good teacher! So calm and clear!
*** Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/soft-buttery-dinner-rolls-recipe-thanksgiving
*** Basic Pie Pastry Dough
I cannot eat this american turkey.I feel that this turkey tastes like pure salt. I put so much condiment inside and out on my turkey to be juicy and have flavors that watching this video makes me cry.
*** Double-Crust Apple Pie - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-double-crust-apple-pie
*** "Not Too Sweet" Pecan Pie - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/thanksgiving-not-too-sweet-pecan-pie
This is why I donโt eat at Pizza houses that turkey is just as white as he is๐๐๐๐๐ you need more seasonings on that turkey dude
*** Classic Pumpkin Pie - https://www.latimes.com/recipe/classic-pumpkin-pie-2022
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Loved the video and recipes. The music was annoying.
@juliabarr3019Looks delicious
@RogerAnderson-f1f3dGreat music!
@donnawolff5956Found this video last year and tried his Pecan Pie. It was a hit, my family usually hates pecan pie cause too sweet.
@susanbernal1354Very informative video - thank you. I would have to reduce the amount of salt you used though for the good of my health! Your gravy looked perfect!
@robertastewart2083you added brandy to the gravy without cooking it? Do you not have children at your family gatherings?
@cheekmo3026is nutmeg nesscery
@Just-Addison-GangulyI like to stick herbs and oranges inside my roast turkeysโฆ.
@bobhrfarmVery good presentation.
@JudithElaineGrantWell done you did an amazing job preparing that Thanksgiving dinner ! !
@apriljordan7626I encourage people not to cut the bread for the stuffing but tear it (i do this the day before and let it dry out) ripping the bread creates more nooks and crannies for the butter and flavor to get into...makes the stuffing so much better
@ladykeraboo08This is such a lie. If this was truly a Thanksgiving dinner, he would be sweating and a nervous wreck. And probably screaming at someone hahahahaha
@MadDogMaddux31Could you do an โone ovenโ thanksgiving meal, please? I feel these recipes would take days to prepare with one oven. What can go to the oven together to cut some of the time? Appreciate all the recipes โค
@dinygoesglamIf only he could say โkind ofโ a little moreโฆ
COMMIT TO SOMETHING linguistically ffs!
I fell asleep watching this and ended up dreaming about Turkey... woke up starving. Looks delicious, by the way ๐ ๐
@gordonstott8946Thanks to you my thanksgiving dinner was fantastic.โค
@GenetAbate-ed7ghDo I live in USA?
No.
Do I celebrate Thanksgiving? No.
Am I white?
No.
Did I watch the whole thing?
Yes.
I made the turkey, green bean gratin and stuffing. Absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipes.
@tboychevaI made the your Cornbread stuffing for our Canadian thanksgiving this year and everyone loved it.
@a.z7830๐๐๐๐๐๐Watching this again making sure I got this as I prepped Thanksgiving dinner. A note to the chef here, excellent clear demo and relevant instructions, THANK YOU. ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ณ๐โ๏ธ
@susandmarie2067I just want to say THANK YOU for getting me through another thanksgiving ๐ I stayed calm, and tried to enjoy cooking for all my family and extended family.
@honeyandthekillerbeezDoes this chef have his own channel? I watched the first part with the turkey so far and that is exactly how I do mine every year and it comes out perfect every time I just brine my turkey for a couple of days in buttermilk and spices, love finding awesome chefs, found claire saffitz as well watching thanksgiving videos!!! Started following her!!!
@KbearWilsonWhere do you get a turkey with kidneys? My turkey only has a neck, gizzard, liver, and a heart. smh ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
@sportmom2222That looks like soup..
@SusanSlack-j8fthis was DIVINE to watch โคโค
@sudeshnadillard4404Love all these recipes, except for the Turkey. The brine is what makes the Turkey, because you need that flavor to penetrate the meat. Like chicken, turkey can be flavorless if you don't marinade it. Love this video!!!
@MichaelRau-lk8nhmid stuffing
@thejulianexperienceVoice in Mono?
Please, just split it, export to audacity, duplicate, render and re-intigrate to video.
Please try to not say the word, Aromatics, a gazillion times every time you're using onions, celery and herbs. It's lazy and repetitive.
@Marthabk1217Best tutorial by far! Thank you!!!! Iโm going to look like a rock star, thanks to you!!! Happy T-Gives!!!โคโค
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