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Ok, this is a dessert recipe. You may be doing pumpkin pie, but if not, these cookies are amazing. They are super moist (almost like cake cookies) and it's the easiest recipe I have ever followed--only 2 ingredients! These are always a huge hit with my family/friends/co-workers (and they're pretty low fat, too!)

http://www.pbfingers.com/2010/10/07/two-ingredient-pumpkin-spice-cookies/

This is my favorite dessert to make. It is amazing and so easy!

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Gingerbread-Pumpkin-Trifle

Here is a link I pinned on Pinterest, some of them look really good. There are 70 Thanksgiving side dishes.
http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/thanksgiving-dinner-side-dishes-00400000055576/page40.html

I'm no help, but following this thread since we're on our own this year and I'm going to need to make something...

DH's aunt always hosts, and I usually bring breads and desserts. I brought these sweet potato dinner rolls last year and they were a HUGE hit (I brought over 100, they were all gone by the next day). The dough is really sticky, though, and takes a lot of kneading: be warned.

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/4862/sweet-potato-rolls

Besides pumpkin pie, which I also bring, I make this Caramel Apple Pie:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/detail.aspx

The only thing I change is mixing the syrup in with the apples, and just save a little bit of the syrup to glaze the top of the pie crust with.

This is my favorite carrot recipe I make every year... I leave out the apricots and almonds, because I'm boring like that.

Carrot Coins aka Pennies from Heaven:

5 carrots peeled and sliced 1/4 in thick
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons orange juice
salt and pepper to taste

Place carrots in saucepan cover with cold water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Then rinse under cold water and drain.
Stir sugar and cinnamon together until well mixed, set aside.
Melt butter in skillet. Stir in cooked carrots and orange juice. Sprinkle with sugar mixture and cook over medium heat until carrots are glazed and sauce is slightly thickened, 5 minutes. Season with pinch of salt and pepper.
optional: Stir in 10 dried pitted apricots, slivered and 1/3 cup sliced almonds toasted.
Serve immediately

@yoursilverlining: Our dressing recipe is really similar but Aunt Nan adds crumbled cooked sausage and diced apples.

@FutureMrsMcK: @PrincessBaby: @yoursilverlining: I add chopped walnuts, craisins and chopped apples to mine too. (in addition to the celery and onions). I also boil the neck, peel off the meat, chop and add as well.

It tastes soooooo good

@chopsuey119: Yeah the neck is a must!! I don't usually mention it since lots of people think neck = gross, but we boil the neck to make the turkey stock to put in the stuffing (and then nibble on the neck meat!)

This is the recipe Wagon Sr.'s famous apple pie is based on:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandma-oples-apple-pie/

He has been making it ever since he went apple picking with his friends in college. He's made it so many times he's got it down to a very good system... including putting another cookie sheet in the rack under the pie because of a couple of oven fires in the past We always make 2 at a time, and the night before, because it's even better the next day. And there are never any leftovers to enjoy the following day

I used to make a pie that's cheesecake on the bottom and pumpkin on the top (Pumpkin Surprise pie, with the cheesecake being the surprise!) and it was a HUGE hit.

Otherwise I go with the very very traditional recipes. The more traditional the better.

You are a saint for cooking!! I usually host but we are ordering prepared dishes and eating off paper plates this year...if I'm not in the hospital!

I like using The Pioneer Woman's turkey brine recipe. Brining is a MUST for our turkey!! And for turkey, my go-to recipe is one called "The Michigander's Way" on AllRecipes.

@mrs. wagon: That's my go-to apple pie recipe! So good!

@Mrs. Blue: I use that recipe too. I do cook my turkey a little different though, I still use a bag.

cranberry orange relish is my favorite. i will eat it on almost anything.

http://realmomkitchen.com/9061/cranberry-orange-relish/

@MediaNaranja: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/chipotle-smashed-sweet-potatoes-recipe/index.html this one is great. make sure to use one whole canned pepper not one whole can of peppers

Wow I am so hungry reading all this. We arent doing thanksgiving this year, but i think I may make some mac and cheese anyway.