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Boozy Bread Pudding

This is a simple but delicious dish; bread pudding from The Pioneer Woman’s cookbook is combined with a boozy syrup and it’s fit for a holiday breakfast!

Boozy Bread Pudding

OK, so maybe this is not really a cocktail for Friday Cocktails but the term boozy is not to be taken lightly. The contribution that bourbon makes to this dish is heady stuff and just a perfect grownup dessert during the upcoming holidays. No matter which ones you celebrate shouldn’t they all simply be called ‘The Holidays of Indulgence?’ This Boozy Bread Pudding works beautifully in that realm!

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I have to be honest, there are days when it feels like cookbooks are taking over. Most of mine are in storage until my new home is completed in a few weeks but the number that I have received in the past several months would outfit a nice library; so I’m careful about what I agree to take a peek at. Still, it was a ‘no brainer’ when asked if I would like a copy of a new book just in time for the holidays; The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond.

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I have this strange affinity with Ree that she doesn’t even know about. When my children were young and we lived in our home on an acre of property in Raleigh, NC, everyone around affectionately referred to ME as ‘the pioneer woman.’ I chopped wood for our wood stove, made all of my own clothes, planted a huge garden and filled the larder with canned and frozen foods each summer and handmade each and every Christmas gift I gave to friends and family. We even built our own garage; although I don’t think true pioneers had garages right?

The Pioneer Woman Cooks - A Year of Holidays

This is a beautiful book and it’s not just filled with photos of food. Ree is present with you in each and every recipe; her voice is what brings each story alive while she also shares photos of her ranch, her family and the ones I get such a huge kick out of…her dogs. I love how it is separated into chapters that detail recipes for specific holidays starting with New Years Day and finishing the year with recipes for New Years Eve…and everything in between!

The one recipe I got such a kick out of? Rum Cake. MY rum cake. Or at least one of those old recipes that I still have on a card in a binder I got when I was married. Personally shared so many times between friends that it’s traveled all over the globe I’m sure but I know it’s one of the best. Make it; you’ll see. I’ve sometimes thought I should re-configure that recipe so it’s made from all scratch ingredients instead of using a cake mix but you know who stops me? My friends…they LOVE the occasional quick prep of something so amazing. And there I go again…another boozy dessert I LOVE!

If you’re a fan of Ree’s already you’ll know to expect the helpful step-by-step photos that are evident in her other books and on her website. I admit I was sort of wishing for a synopsis of just the recipe steps without the photos but I heard loud and clear from people around me that I’m in the minority.

Both my grown daughters and friends who do not cook like I have for a bazillion years LOVED that feature. It was interesting and useful to get feedback from others so I have to heartily endorse that effort which is, in their words, SO helpful.

Boozy Bread Pudding

This bread pudding? Seriously out of this world. I made it for some friends and I heard more than one (all of them) say, ‘I think I’ll have just one more bite.’ until it was ALL gone. Ree calls for rum in her recipe but suggests that bourbon could also be used and that’s what was calling my name. I used Belle Meade Bourbon because it has such an appealing caramel nose and was the perfect compliment to the flavors in this dish. I also served it with sugared cranberries; they are not just for decoration…they are fun to eat and offered a nice tart accompaniment to this sweet dessert. Oh my YUM indeed!

Boozy Bread Pudding

These are the recipes of hearth and home; not one will set you scurrying to the market in search of exotic goods. Some basic recipes and techniques are included that would appeal more to newer cooks but I found several dishes, including this one today, that while easy to prepare was just perfect. Yes, I saw Boozy and I sort of knew it had my name written all over it. From pioneer woman to booze queen, that’s me! I’m grateful that Ree decided to share this book with me and lucky that I was in turn able to share this fabulous recipe with you…it is truly fantastic!

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Boozy Bread Pudding

Barb
A delicious bread pudding that's kicked it up a notch with a bit of booze!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Course Appetizer, Dessert, Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 871 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Bread Pudding

  • 1 loaf Bread Crusty Italian bread or other Artisanal loaf
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¼ cup butter melted plus additional for the pan
  • ½ cup pecans chopped

For the Sauce

  • ½ cup 1 stick butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup bourbon original recipe called for rum but I used Belle Meade Bourbon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Generously butter a baking dish.
  • Cut the bread into 1 inch cubes; you should have 8-10 cups of bread cubes.
  • Whisk together eggs, milk, half and half and vanilla.
  • Add the sugar and whisk to combine.
  • Add the melted butter and whisk it into the egg mixture.
  • Put the cubed bread into your buttered baking dish and pour the egg mixture over the bread cubes.
  • Sprinkle the pecans over the top and bake in the oven for 1 hour until a nice golden brown.

For the Boozy Sauce:

  • While the bread pudding is baking, make the sauce by combining the butter, sugar, heavy cream and bourbon in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
  • Bring to a boil; turn down to low and let simmer for 10-15 minutes; remove from heat and set aside.
  • Drizzle some of the sauce over the bread pudding when it first comes out of the oven and serve the rest in a small pitcher to drizzle over individual slices.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Boozy Bread Pudding
Serving Size
 
1 Serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
871
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
41
g
63
%
Cholesterol
 
159
mg
53
%
Sodium
 
615
mg
27
%
Carbohydrates
 
109
g
36
%
Protein
 
16
g
32
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
871
Keyword boozy, bread, bread pudding, dessert
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1,309 Comments

  8. My favorite recipe for the holiday’s is the peppermint bark. Christmas just isn’t Christmas without white chocolate and peppermint!

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  9. Love it all! My favorite is the delicious gravy poured over the top of the turkey, dressing and mashed potatoes:)))))

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  10. I have been making a molded shrimp dip for Christmas dinner for more than 35 years and everyone just loves it! In fact, my nephew asked me on Thanksgiving day, “Where’s the shrimp dip?” I had to remind him it’s only for Christmas! LOL!

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  18. I made your Bread Pudding and I did use Rum instead of Bourbon. EVERYONE, I MEAN EVERYONE raved about it. I had everyone that cooks want the recipe.
    Thank you for sharing this one with me.
    P.S. Did you get my Tiramisu Cookie Recipe? I did send it to you. I mentioned it to you the night of the Book Signing in Glendale, Ca. (not that you would remember me but maybe the recipe)

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  19. I love bread pudding so much and love to make it numerous ways! this recipe sounds outstanding though. Thank you for the opportunity to win this wonderful cookbook by Ree Drummond.

    xo
    Roz

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  27. Love mincemeat pie, made with my grandmothers green tomato mincemeat, which I can…….bread pudding sounds yummy……

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  30. And, I commented on your fb page and shared too.
    Have a great Thanksgiving..I am still up..prepping and baking pies..it is a two day event to get ready. Yup. 🙂

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  33. I pinned your mushroom recipe here..on my sided, salads and veggie board..we love the scrooms and this is on my list to now make.
    Thanks.

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  35. I love making roasted sweet potatoes and at the last 10 minutes add a banana to roast then mash with butter , a little cream and cinnamon so delicious ! Marshmallows wouldn’t kill it !

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  36. My absolute favorite are Linzer Cookies made with hazelnuts and raspberry jam. I only make them for Christmas.

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  42. My favorite is to pile on a fork everything on my plate, top with cranberry sauce and indulge in the tasty goodness!

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  44. My favorite dish is the breakfast egg/sausage casserole my mom always made for every holiday breakfast. Good memories. . .

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  45. I love cornbread stuffing, this cranberry salad that my friend Sharon makes, and sweet potato pie. Those are the things that after Thanksgiving I put dibs on the leftovers.

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  52. sweet potato rolls that i have made for the last 30 years for thanksgiving and christmas! sometime i will even make them for easter if i still have sweet potatoes. never use canned ones.

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  55. My favorite dish has always been my mothers French meat stuffing. Basically you make. Bells stuffing and add sautéed hamburg and mashed potatoes to it. It’s THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

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  57. I’m loving The Pioneer Woman’s pecan pie!! We might have to not wait until Thanksgiving to enjoy it again!

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  63. Each Christmas morning I make an egg bake loaded with the good stuff. The kids are able to open their gifts from Santa, then we take a breakfast break and eat our yummy egg bake before returning to gift opening.

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  64. My aunt’s pickles green beans! We only get them during the holidays- super delicious and an old family recipe!

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  70. My favorite dish is the stuffing. I can never get enough. I also love all the left overs. It’s time to get new recipes (I hope).

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  79. I love sausage stuffing! I only have it a few times a year so I make a lot for leftovers. Come to think of it, why not have it all year long?

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  85. I love bread pudding so I pinned the bread pudding recipe and I am on my way to the store to get some bourbon…this sounds just delicious!

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  87. We love the dressing. I make oyster dressing. Same recipe that mom made. Only with oysters added. Happy Thanksgiving Ree !

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  91. You had me at “boozy”! That’s my favorite holiday dish–anything with booze–rum balls, amaretto biscotti, bourbon pecan pie, margarita cheesecake, mulled wine. One has to manage stress at the holidays!

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  92. Bourbon chocolate pecan pie! Made similar to regular pie, but bourbon added with vanilla flavoring and chocolate chips added to the pecans! Smells wonderful too!

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  97. It would have to be the turkey, I adore the stuff! I always wait for this time of year, and buy several, so we can enjoy it once the holidays are over!
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  112. my favorite dish is sweet potatoes of any kind. They just need to be gooey and sweet they can have marshmallows or not, makes no difference.

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  120. My favorite thanksgiving dish is cornbread dressing. I wait all year to make and eat this. Absolutely delicious. I need to make it throughout the year with a roasted chicken. Maybe I will do it in 2014. Thank you.

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  123. I am cooking for a total of 27 people at our house in Colorado! Making Ree’s sweet potatoes for sure and taking notes on the turkeys (roasting 2 of them). Have bought a couple of these books already for gifts, would LOVE to have one for myself 🙂

    Happy Thanksgiving…I love seeing Ree with all of her wonderful country and city friends. Nice to have good friends.

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  124. I know this is going to sound so corny but the dish that is my favorite and has been since I was a little girl is lime jello with shredded carrots and cabbage. My oldest daughter requests it every year at the holiday season. You just fix a large box of lime jello and add the cabbage and carrots and WHOOOHOOO you have a refreshing dish to clean your palate. Before you go Yuck try it.

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  125. P.S. I shared this recipe and giveaway on my Facebook page, but also had to send your page directly to one of my friends. She will just love what she finds. Can’t wait to chat with her next week when she gets back to the office!! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  127. This will seem kind of corny… My favorite holiday recipe is one my Grandma Z. made. I loved this as a kid; still do. My mom makes me do a double batch for EVERY holiday. This has to be the easiest thing on any menu: A container of cool whip, package of instant pistachio pudding, can of fruit cocktail, and small can of pineapple. Yum!

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  129. I was so excited to see your Pinterest boards and learn about your blog. I LOVE bread pudding and this looks sumptuous!! Of course, I had to add this to my Recipe board, since I am going to add it to my Christmas menu. Thank you!

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  130. One of my favorite holiday foods is what we call fruit soup. Made with barley, lots of dried fruits and served cold. YUM

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  133. Our family holidays must have pierogi, filled with cheese and potatoes and topped with butter and sauted onions. AND SIDE OF SOUR CREAM 🙂

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  137. One of our favorite family dishes is rutabaga. It’s been a tradition in my husband’s family for years and has been one in ours now for 46 years.

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  139. I make a green bean casserole with sour cream and onions mixed with french green beans and then topped with tons of cheddar cheese. It was a “must have” on my mom’s Thanksgiving table every year. Mom is making it in heaven now. This year my daughter-in-law has been asked to bring Grandma’s green beans. Tradition!!

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  141. I love eating “Summit House Cream Corn” which is a sinfully delicious recipe from a wonderful restaurant here in Southern California. It goes with everything and anything!

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  144. My favorite holiday foods are the Thanksgiving turkey and cornbread dressing. Also love my Aunt Glenda’s recipe for broccoli casserole.

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  157. My favorite holiday food usually centers on bread/pudding. So, bread pudding (savory or sweet), stuffing or yeast rolls are at the top of my list.
    Bring it on and Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂

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  161. My favorite food is the potato. I love them in every way, shape and form. If I had to pick one my all time go to are creamy,cheesy scalloped potatoes. Baked to a golden brown perfection.

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  166. My favorite dish at Thanksgiving is my Sweet Potato Pie…just made it tonight, and my favorite dessert which I make every year for Christmas is my Tiramisu!

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  167. I don’t know if this has already posted, if so, then please disregard one of them. The internet service can be a pain. Anyway, I shared the link and added my comments. The bread pudding is awesome but I’d suggest to replace the rum with good ole KY bourbon. The rum is good but nothing like good KY bourbon ( Weller’s Reserve 90 Proof, Elmer T. Lee, Woodford Reserve or Makers Mark). YUM!

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  169. I LOVE to watch your programs even tho I’ve cooked for many years for my family but you have some of the greatest ideas and time savers I’ve ever seen. You are a precious Mom and Wife.

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  170. I shared the link and added a comment for the bread pudding. Good ole’ Kentucky bourbon just rocks in this recipe. Rum is good but nothing like KY Bourbon. 🙂

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  173. My favorite is dressing. My Mamaw’s was the best. Precious memories of a wonderful woman and the love she shared with so many. 🙂

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  178. I love the turkey and dressing! Have just been introduced to bread pudding so I can’t wait to make this one!
    I pined a pic, liked your page, shared on Fb, and signed up for emails. Have a great Thanksgiving!

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  190. What an awesome giveaway – thanks for the opportunity to enter. My favorite holiday dish is apple pie made by my mom. She usually burns the crust, but I don’t care – it reminds me of all the pies she’s made through the years and that makes me smile.

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  195. Oyster dressing! That’s “stuffing” to some of y’all, but my grandma and great-grandma were from Tennessee so actually it’s pronounced “dressin’.” It’s a very wet bread stuffing with a lot of onion, celery and LOTS of fresh oysters! We don’t use bagged crumbs. This is homemade all the way, baby! You have to make a whole “mess” of it for our holiday meal if you hope to get seconds.

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  208. My favorite holiday related food is sweet potato casserole. I love that stuff but really love the entire Thanksgiving meal.

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  217. It’s hard to pick a favorite but it’s a tie between sweet potato cassarole and the cornbread dressing both are made by my sister! The cornbread dressing is my grandmothers receipe!

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  219. My favorite holiday food is pecan pie. And our “special” sugar cookies. And carmel chex mix. and Southern Comfort brand egg nog with amaretto!!!!

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  221. I love the turkey brine. Actually, have my turkey in the brine with the oranges, rosemary, brown sugar, salt, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Look forward to a nicely brown bird.

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  226. One of my favorite holiday foods are an appetizer my Mom used to make for Christmas Eve – BBQ bacon wrapped water chestnuts! (SO hard to pick a fav). Happy Thanksgiving!

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  235. My favorite holiday dish is my “famous” white chocolate pecan praline cheesecake. Holy goodness. If I could get away with gaining 165 lbs I would eat it year round!

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  239. Pinned to my Pinterest account. My favorite holiday side is stuffing/dressing with chestnuts, just like my Mom made when I was growing up.

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  248. My Favorite dish at any holiday is our stuffing .. it takes me almost as long to make it as it does our turkey 😉

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  253. A whole bbq’ed pig share with about 75 of my relatives (and a few who aren’t really related but come for the good food). A thanksgiving tradition 30- something years strong.

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  254. I always make my Grandma’s dressing. Can’t have Thanksgiving without it. Toasted bread, onions, broth from the turkey and sage. Absolutely wonderful and memories to boot.

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  255. My daughter went to the store to buy me this book for Christmas but it was sold out! We look every time we go!

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  256. My family and I love my bread stuffing made in a skillet. So simple and if I don’t make it, they are disappointed.

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  258. Chocolate bourbon pecan pie with homemade whipped cream and oh… and stuffing! loaded with mushrooms, onions, celery, sausage and fresh herbs.

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  261. Subscribed to Creative Culinary by email. I hope I didn’t repeat this entry…trouble with entering it this morning.

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  276. Mine would be leftovers! Love having extra turkey and gravy and potatoes with some cranberry relish a day or two later.

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  280. Leftover Thanksgiving Sandwich. Take two slices of your favorite home made bread place slices of turkey, a layer of stuffing, slice of cranberry sauce, a layer of mashed potatoes, and of course some delicious turkey gravy, fresh ground pepper.

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  287. My favorite Thanksgiving food is my mom’s homemade crescent rolls. She would make a HUGE batch on Thanksgiving morning and as soon as they were out of the oven we would slather them with butter and dive in. I continue that tradition today!

    In an unrelated note, years ago I’d never made bread pudding and it was my husband’s favorite dessert. I saw TV chef Justin Wilson making some, so I wrote down the recipe. The recipe called for a whole cup of brandy! Now THAT was boozy bread pudding. We got drunk eating it!

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  288. I love the cranberry salad or sauce. Only time I get the salad is at Thanksgiving. That is why I look forward to the Holiday.

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  292. My favorite Thanksgiving food is my Mema’s Turkey Dressing. It’s not the prettiest thing to look at, but it’s absolutely to die for! Thanksgiving wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it. 🙂

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  296. My favorite holiday food is Brussels sprouts drizzled with olive oil and baked and then fresh rolls with homemade cranberry sauce. Happy Holidays..

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  300. Ree, I Love your Family story’s in your Cook books, I have all three of your CookBooks
    And bought some for my Daughter.
    I was raised on a Ranch,and so was my Daughter.
    I would Love to win your Holiday Book so I could surprise my Twin sister with you
    Holiday Book on our 65th, Birthday.
    Thank You for letting me enjoy cooking in the kitchen. You changed the I cook and
    I enjoy it now.

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  301. New favorite Thanksgiving dessert is Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake made by my 17 year old daughter! It’s replacing the pumpkin pie this year!

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  306. Stuffing for Thanksgiving, my husband makes it. All the Christmas cookies and biscotti that I make for Christmas!

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  310. My favorite holiday food is coconut cake made with fresh grated coconut and real whipped cream. It reminds me of Christmas Day celebrating at my maternal grandmother’s with all the Aunts, Uncles, and cousins! Happy memories.

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  315. I try to never miss your TV show, love it. AND love your family too. I am giving two of your Holiday cook books for Christmas gifts and forgot to get one for myself. Here’s hoping…Barb

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  327. My favorite holiday dish is my mom’s spinach dip! She would make it for me every Christmas and we lost her in July 2012. I am going to make it this year for the first time since she passed. Just a little emotional about it…

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  332. Pioneer Women LOVE love your easy and simple way of cooking rieminds me of the days growing up with homecooking . This is the way I love to cook also.
    My fav iron meal to cook when in a pinch is a wonderful meatloaf, with a warm spinach salade.

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  343. It is so hard to choose….but I would have to say dessert and cookies. Right now my mouth is watering for Maple Walnut Cookies and Double Chocolate Espresso Cookies. Plus my mother-in-law’s Italian Cream Cake.

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  347. My favorite holiday food is the cracked, fresh dungeness crab we have every Christmas Eve. It’s not just the crab but the sourdough bread, melted butter and simple toasted green salad. We usually wash it all down with copious amounts of chamgagne. It doesn’t get any better than that! There usually isn’t any dessert until someone wants a glass of egg nog after, but that is usually impossible after eating your weight in crab!

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  349. My favorite is my mamaw’s dressing recipe, and I love pumpkin pie!! Truth is I LOVE IT ALL!!
    Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  350. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is cranberry orange nut bread that I make every year. For Christmas, my favorite and a must according to my family and friends is peanut butter balls.

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  361. I always look forward to my moms cranberry relish. Fresh ground cranberries, fresh orange, celery, walnuts, it’s just so refreshing.

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  372. My favorite Thanksgiving holiday dish is Grandma’s dressing. My family’s favorite is Ree’s cinnamon rolls that I make every holiday. Thanks for the giveaway. Good luck everyone.

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  380. My fav Thanksgiving food is the turkey. My husband spatchcocks it and it is ALWAYS tender and juicy! We rarely eat turkey throughout the rest of the year (although a lot of chicken) so the Thanksgiving meal is eagerly anticipated. The company of friends and/or family makes it complete!

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  382. Favorite Holiday dish, leftover turkey sandwiches with cranberry sauce, mayo and lettuce. Tradition in our house for Friday lunch!

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  383. A few years ago I started serving Cheesy Potato Casserole along with mashed and they have become such a hit in our house that I now make two of those and cut back on the mashed to just a small bowl. Love it when I come up with something so many of people I love most in the world enjoy!

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  387. I make my grandmother’s cornbread dressing every year and my kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids LOVE IT.

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  388. My favorite Thanksgiving dishes are honey & brown sugar glazed Ham, grandma’s homemade chicken and noodles, pumpkin pie, and mandarin orange salad!

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  395. My favorite holiday food is green bean casserole made from scratch with a ton of mushrooms! Its fantastic comfort food!

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  396. I always make apple yam delight, my son’s favorite, and my daughter’s favorite is broccoli cheese casserole. My husband loves the deviled eggs and everything else.

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  397. My favorite is regular stuffing. I love all of the other side dishes and veggies too but I always look forward to the stuffing the most!

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  401. My favorite holiday food is sweet potato casserole!!!! Last year we had Thanksgiving in Hawaii and used purple sweet potatoes, it was soooooo delicious!!! Can’t wait to scarf some down again this year!!!!!

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  409. My scalloped potatoes that everyone always wants for Christmas. I don’t think anyo
    ne else in the family makes it.

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  422. I love the recipes you have. I also live Ree , I never miss a show. Would love to have her cookbook. Going to have the Boozy bread pudding for the holidays

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  432. My favorite holiday dish is one I’m testing this week. Cranberry relish made with fresh cranberries, oranges, apples and Scotch! I love boozy too 🙂

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  439. Hmmm… My favorite holiday-related food are seemingly random side dishes… Okay, they are all side dishes. Egg rolls, pancit, lechon (ok, not a side dish, but I only eat a couple pieces), garlic bread, sweet potatoes, and cornbread. 🙂

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  443. My favorite holiday meal is kumla. It’s a norwegian dish of ham, potatoes, and flour topped with lots of butter!

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  449. I love the sweet potatoes – any form – but mostly glazed. And, this is the holiday when I also love the green bean casserole.

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  451. My favorite part of the holiday eating experience is the Thanksgiving stuffing! (no, not dressing – that is what you put on a salad) It is my great-grandmother’s recipe and it has about a thousand ingredients in it – but it is worth it – it is soooo good! We always have to make a second pan of it for leftovers, but the stuffing from the turkey is the real treat – I always sneak seconds…sometimes thirds on Thanksgiving. Shhh…don’t tell! 🙂

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  452. Cranberry sauce. Not anything you buy in a store. The one I make has heat in it, some red pepper flakes that just makes it divine. And I cut out some of the sugar to make it tart. Yum!

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  454. Favorite holiday dish is. . . this is hard. . . but I choose cornbread dressing. . . but there is cranberry sauce, candied sweet potatoes. .. sorry, I was digressing. . . smiles and Happy Thanksgiving!

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  455. Good afternoon! I love my mothers stuffing. Its even better the next day cold. I have been known to make stuffing sandwiches. Thankful for your site. love to learn new recipes.

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  462. I always have to make Fruit Salad and Potato Salad that is my job for ever now and I get the same request every year. I love the Pioneer Woman and would love to have this cookbook.

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  464. I would love this cookbook. I always watch the show and I am always going to food network and getting the recipes.

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  468. My favorite dish is cornbread dressing. My mom made it “northern” style bread dressing. But when we moved to TX she started adding a little cornbread and over the years it became the dressing it is now. I look forward to it every year.

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  473. Pinned this to my Yum…Desserts board on Pinterest! I think I may try it with our Jamaican Rum though, and the sugared cranberries sound delicious!

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  477. I love, love, love Sweet Potato Casserole with marshmallows! But then there is Homemade Cranberry Sauce, Dressing with Gravy, Hashbrown Casserole- the list goes on and on!

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  481. My favorite dish is my sweet potatoe casserole which was handed down to me by my Mom. One of the few dishes that I actually was smart enough to write down.

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  498. I have many favorites: green bean casserole, broccoli rice casserole, homemade rolls, gravy, the crispy skin on a fried turkey, ham, desserts, fresh cranberry sauce!

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  500. My favorite holiday food? That is a difficult question. I think it is the food we have on Christmas Eve at my Mom’s house. Since I was a child, we opened gifts at my Mom’s on Christmas Eve. She did simple food that we had to eat before we could go into the tree to get our gifts. Food is Baked Ham sandwiches, chips, dip, and assorted Christmas cookies.

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  503. I love food so I have a lot of “favorites,” but here are a few: the crusty skin of a fried turkey, green bean casserole, broccoli rice casserole (my mom’s), fresh cranberry sauce, dessert (any kind!), homemade rolls, and gravy!

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  505. I love the holidays. My favorite dish to make is what my Grandma called Banana Salad. It is lengthwise sliced bananas with homemade thick from scratch vanilla sauce poured over them then you sprinkle red Spanish peanuts all over. We chill it and that’s one of the favorite deserts from my childhood. Over 600 years ago

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  511. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is “Cope’s dried corn” ; This we had
    at Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. Family tradition.

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  512. My favorite thing for the holidays is what our family calls “grandma gravy”. My mom makes the world’s best turkey gravy and since I have not mastered the art of gravy-making, I so appreciate her wonderful gravy!

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  518. My Mom was not a good cook (sorry Mom) I was always determined to try new things, many tears and many dishes wasted, I have managed to cook good food for my family and the neatest thing is I get to cook for my Mom and she loves it. I enjoy your recipes, they always come with a little piece of home Because they are made from the heart. Thank you for sharing.

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  526. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is fresh cranberry sauce. We only have it this time of the year, and it is so good and brings back many, many good memories.

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  529. My favorite holiday dish is potatoes – whether it be purple mashed potatoes with gorgonzola and bacon, zucchini parmesan potato latkes or sweet potatoes – love them all!

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  532. I have enjoyed all her shows and the food is Amazing, gets me wanting to go visit every time she cooks. Looks SOOOO GOOOOODDDDD! I’d love to have one of her books for my kitchen and I know I’d use it often…And outside of being a great cook that she is, she’s a women after my own heart when I see her using CAST IRON SKILLETS—-Love them and use mine all the time, even have a big Dutch Over for a camp fire but don’t use it too much now since it’s only me here right now. But, it will last forever…Hope I win, Thanks for giving us a chance to get one.

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  539. The one dish that HAS to be one our Thanksgiving
    table is Cheese and Pickle salad. It was always on my parents
    table and now our sons and daughter in laws and all the grand kids
    know how to make it and each one brags they make it best. Always
    brings wonderful memories, of a lot of special people, to the table.

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  540. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is Chiffon Pumpkin Pie. I like traditional Pumpkin Pie as well, but the Chiffon is out of this world.

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  543. My favorite dish is Cornbread and sausage dressing for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. If I so much as suggest not making it, my family goes ballistic, it’s not pretty.

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  548. Hi
    My favorite dish is an appetizer
    jalapeno pepper jelly, cream cheese and cranberry torte YUM
    Cheers
    Happy Thanksgiving
    Cathy

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  550. One of my favorite Thanksgiving receipes is “Sweet Potato Souffle. The crushed pineapple topping makes it almost taste more like a dessert instead of a vegetable

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  557. Favorite dish is the turkey because next day we have our traditional turkey pot pie after Thanksgiving and turkey tamales after Christmas!

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  561. My favorite Holiday dish has to be the Cornbread Dressing with gravy! Of course, I also love the candied yams, pumpkin pie & the pumpkin loaf I make! Gee, now I’m hungry!
    Thanks for sharing this special give away and Happy Thanksgiving to You & Yours!!!

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  567. I use the cranberry recipe on a bag of cranberries, but I also add 1/4 cup each of frozen orange juice concentrate & also 1/4 cup of frozen cranberry juice concentrate….makes for an interesting side dish & is very tasty

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  575. My Grandmothers Jam Cake with caramel icing. She has been gone for almost 12 years now but the recipe has been handed down to me. Every time I make it, memories of her fill my heart.

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  577. Sunburst salad, which is a dish containing a layer of orange jello with bananas, a layer of pineapple pudding with pineapple chunks, and a layer of whipped topping with cream cheese. Awesome!

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  581. My favorite Holiday food is Ree’s Cinnamon Rolls. I saw her episode of making and giving them and that is what I have been doind and everyone loves them! They are the best cinnamon rolls ever!

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  584. pinned and shared. Love your show and all your recipe’s they are always a huge hit with everyone I share it with 🙂 Thanks Ree

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  587. Our favorite holiday tradition is my sour cream coffee cake that I have made every major holiday for many years – everyone looks forward to this sweet treat!

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  591. I love pumpkin bread. Going more natural this year so made mine with real pumpkin not canned and used essential oils instead of herbs/spices. It came out great.

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  602. I can’t get enough of mashed potatoes. There must be something in the holiday air that makes them taste 10x better.

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  604. My favorite holiday food has to be apple pie, HANDS DOWN. I love it with caramel and ice cream too! My favorite Thanksgiving food would be the stuffing and my favorite Christmas food would be hot chocolate and snow cookies my grandmother always made.

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  606. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is the cornbread stuffing with homemade gravy and torn pieces of Turkey. I could eat that daily. Every year our Thanksgiving is with my husband’s family, so on the weekend I cook out Thanksgiving meal because I just have to have my turkey and stuffing!!!

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  614. One of my favorites is broccoli salad. I am changing it this year and using craisins and cashews instead of raisins and sunflower seeds. Happy Thanksgiving and I love you show!

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  616. I love stuffing. Any kind of stuffing. In the bird, out of the bird, I just love stuffing!!!!!
    Thanks for asking. Now aren’t you glad you did?

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  621. My favorite is stuffing and our special family candied sweet potatoes and of course the best thing is sharing Thanksgiving with family!

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  627. My favorite Thanksgiving food is Marshmallow Salad! I grew up with this as a kid and have continued making it for my kids and grandkids! It’s so easy and so good! 🙂

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  643. My favorite holiday food is definitely any version of a cheesecake for dessert. Must be a holiday tradition, because my mom always made one, then I did, and now my daughter continues the cheesecake tradition !

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  645. My absolute favorite Thanksgiving food is sausage and cornbread stuffing! I wouldn’t even care if there was no turkey being served, bring on the stuffing!

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  657. Glen’s Grandmother used to make Chocolate pie with pecans on top. AND his grandfather used to make fried corn. It was amazing. Sadly they are no longer with us, but we are always thinking of them especially at Thanksgiving time.

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  658. My favorite dish is a Cherry Coke Salad that we make each year. Cherry pie filling, coke, pecans, pineapple, jello and sugar! YUMMY!!

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  661. I love my mom’s chocolate pie. My mom and I actually saw Ree make it on an episode of The Pioneer Woman. My mom was like, “That’s the same recipe I use.” It is soooo good!

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  665. my favorite thanksgiving dish would have to be my stuffing and mac n chesse and my hubbies sweet potatoes yummy thanks happy holidays!!!!

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  675. My favorite holiday food is dressing…specifically, my grandmothers cornbread dressing. A family recipe from Louisiana relatives.

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  676. One of our Thanksgiving favorites is Chocolate Dream dessert….it is soooo good!! And always eaten right up!!

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  681. My favorite dish is my mom’s Pennsylvania Dutch Stuffing. It has apples, bacon, sausage, celery, mushrooms, onions and other yummy stuff. It’s a mean in itself!

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  695. Woo Hoo…signed up also for your email….love it…..hope I win this beautiful cook book…happy holidays!!!

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  696. Love stuffing! Especially like it with sausage and apples. I’ve tried so many times to win a cookbook then just added it to my Christmas list. I’ll get it somehow!

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  698. Gravy! Just kidding. Sort of. I gave a fluffy dinner roll recipe a trial run earlier this week and it was so easy to make and delicious that I’d say that is my favorite thing to make this year because everyone is really going to like this new addition to our menu

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  699. I have never made bread pudding but your recipe looks so yummy it is going to be added to my Christmas adventures in cooking this year!!!

    I would love to win Ree’s mixer but not for me, FOR MY HUSBAND!!! He loves to cook!!!!

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  702. Woo Hoo…signed up also for your email….love it…..hope I win this beautiful mixer…happy holidays!!!

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  716. Our favorite dish has to be my momma’s stuffing,….she will always be remembered with a smile and a warm heart…she is sooooooo missed…. Blessing to your family.

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  722. Subscribed to Creative Culinary by email! Think I’ve covered all my bases now! I won’t miss a thing from Creative Culinary, not on FB, Pinterest, or email! Looking forward to many inspiring blogs by Creative Culinary, and hoping I win the holiday cookbook giveaway!

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  725. Cheesey Green Beans…my family thinks I put a lot of work into this.ahhaha we’ll just let them keep on thinking that 😉

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  727. My father and his family immigrated to the USA from Yugoslavia and his mother brought all of her recipes. The most favorite was a Lemon cookie recipe, which was made at Thanksgiving and also Christmas. It was quite an effort since the ingredients were measured by the pound, not the cup…. which of course made a huge batch of cookies. But with 9 children plus their families they went fast. Today, at 90 years old… my Mom still bakes lemon cookies for the holidays using the recipe from her Mother In Law.

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  731. Pinned the Boozy Bread Pudding recipe to Pinterest! Looks amazingly delicious! Hope I win the holiday cookbook giveaway!

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  736. The big hit in my house is onion casserole! Since the first time I tried it it was a hit and people always ask for the recipe!

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  751. My mammaws Sweet Potatoes with gravy(white corn syrup, brown sugar,and butter mixed together). Pour gravy over sliced and cooked potatoes, place large or miniature marshmallows on top. Place in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.

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  755. Mmmm i love making and eating GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE during the holidays. Yummy!!! I make it with added chopped up potatoe, caramelized onions, apple wood smoked bacon, crimini mushrooms and topped with onion strings. Nomm nom nommm happy thanksgiving everyone 🙂

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  761. Favorite holiday dish is Wild Rice Corn Saute! I make it every year and get compliment after compliment on it! Everyone asks for the recipe, which was handed down to me by my aunt.

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  765. My new favorite is cranberry sauce made with Pioneer Woman’s recipe. It uses pure maple syrup and is so good. I have already made mine and it’s in the refrigerator, ready to put into a pretty crystal bowl on Thanksgiving.

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  780. I liked creative culinary on facebook 🙂 im trying to do share it on pinterest and facebook but it keeps giving me a 502error :/

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  792. I love the crab salad dressing we have every Thanksgiving. It is a childhood dressing my Mom made. I’ve never heard of anybody else making it, so good!

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  793. Every Christmas we make dozens and dozens of homemade cinnamon rolls to give to family and friends. We deliver them on Christmas Eve with simple instructions for the final rise and baking. It is easily my favorite Holiday food item.

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  796. I enjoy watching her show and love trying her dishes. My favorite memory is my mother always making the stuffing and mashed potatoes and gravy….my favorite part. My mother at 82 is also enjoying watching the Pioneer Woman cook on Food network! How fun is that?

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  799. My favorite Thanksgiving food is the sausage dressing given to me by a friend who sadly has passed away. Remember whenever I make it.

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  804. My favorite dish that i love making and enjoy eating every year is GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE!! YUMMMM! I make it with added caramelized onions chopped up potatoe, apple wood smoked bacon, crimini mushrooms and topped with onion strings….out if this world!! Nomm nom nomm happy thanksgiving everyone 🙂

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  808. I just love the flavors of your meals and recipes. Everything I have made has been so delicious. Thanks so much for all you do!

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  811. I would say that my favorite holiday food is pumpkin pie! I don’t think I have pumpkin pie any other time of the year. Just delicious!

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  813. My favorite is my Mom’s dressing..it is so moist and filled with bacon, and either cooked giblets…or I use cooked chicken thighs..then I have some of the good stock to moisten my dressing…it is sooo good..and we look forward to Thanksgiving and all it’s goodies..watched Ree do her turkey yesterday and does look so good..I have never brined a turkey before but may have to try sometime. And then the gravy..it looked so good but I just can’t do the giblets..happy thanksgiving!!!

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  817. We always HAVE to have “Cheese & Pickle Salad” . Sounds like a weird dish but was always on the table growing up and our sons and daughter in laws and now our grand kids all HAVE to have it on the table at Christmas and Thanksgiving, and they all know how to make it and do.
    I love that the generations before us are represented in that simple dish. 🙂

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  822. I make oyster cracker mix and everyone ask me for the recipe and to bring it with me from Thanksgiving all the way through Christmas.

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  825. I think my favorite recipe is my version of stuffing… Standard recipe, but I like to add apples, sausage, & dried cranberries, then bake in muffin tins. Crusty AND moist all in one! Win, win…

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  833. Pumpkin Pie and whipped cream topping is my favorite dish for Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope you can all have your favorite dish for Thanksgiving! <3

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  838. My favorite has to be my mother’s dressing. Not only is is great but brings back precious memories. miss her still.

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  840. My favorite dish is a Stuffing Dish. My mother inlaw gave me a Canadian Living cook book. Years ago,the Stuffing Recipe was in this book. I tried it on my family and it was such a hit. It has been the only one that I have used for the last twenty years.
    Have a wonderful Christmas.

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  842. Every year I get calls, e-mails or texts from family members for my creamed corn recipe. It is so good you could just sit and eat it until the spoon scrapes the bowl! Every year I give it to them and every year I hear they need it again! Write it down people! Anyway it is a recipe I got from a friend over 25 years ago. We loved it then and it is still the family and friends favorite now.

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  848. My must have for Thanksgiving is sweet potatoes… But my must have for all holidays is my moms homemade cherry delight… It’s like a spoonful of love and home! <3

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  850. My favorite holiday food is lefsa. It is a family tradition, my grandma made the best but my mom and sister are also very good.

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  851. My favorite holiday dish are turnips for thanksgiving…it rounds out the turkey dinner and love them on the turkey sandwiches the next day!!!!

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  854. It just doesn’t seem like a holiday without a turkey, but as a favorite I would have to say my mother’s creamed onions that she made just for each holiday.

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  862. Being from North Carolina, southern is great eating. I love the dressing with turkey and gravy. My mouth is watering now!

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  863. One of my favorite recipes for Thanksgiving is Baked Pineapple which is a side dish in the south. It is so yummy and very easy to make. Also it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without my Grandmothers Dressing. It is entirely her recipe and I haven’t ever tasted any better.

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  864. My favorite dish is the dressing. Not as good as my mother was making it, and I love the crusty parts best. 🙂

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  866. Wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without my grandmother’s stuffing. She has passed but my mom continues to make it every year 🙂

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  869. I love the Pioneer Woman’s Pie That’ll Make You Cry! It’s the best pecan pie I’ve ever had or made. I have to make two every Thanksgiving, one for my family and one just for my husband.

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  886. Love the name of this recipe! Boozy! I think my favorite dishes are those with pumpkin and my mom’s stuffing (which has sausage in it and lots of hidden veggies!) I’d love to win the book!
    Thanks!

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  889. My favorite holiday food is corn bread dressing…My sweet mother-in-law taught me how to make it…She is now passed on to heaven, but I still make it every year…It makes me feel like she is still with me….

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  891. My favorite Thanksgiving dish is OVEN ROASTED VEGGIES . I like: Fennel ,onions, peppers,( all the colors you can find makes it festive ,even on a plain old Monday) add tomatoes cut up, drizzled with a good olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. roast in oven on a low heat 250-300 .The left overs are a great addition on sandwiches .If in a hurry I have put them under the broiler but they cook quickly so keep a close watch on them. lots of different spices and other veggies can make this your family favorite new veggie dish !!!ENJOY HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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  897. I have to make bread pudding every year. My brothers come to my home (Plano, Texas) every year for Christmas. I took over the holiday after my mom passed. So bread pudding is my dish each and every year.

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  899. My favorite dish is my momma’s cornbread dressing! It’s the best! I look forward to it every Thanksgiving!

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  911. I love green bean casserole!!! We have it every year. I love Your website & Pioneer Women’s. Just read your story loved it!!!! Gonna share on Facebook Thanks & Happy Holidays!!!!! <3

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  912. My favorite dish is mincemeat pie- Oh that’s a dessert or breakfast on Friday. Love you ladies that take the time to tell about your cooking etc.

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  925. My favorite dish at Thanksgiving is my mom’s strawberry-cranberry salad. Maybe because it’s the only time of year that she makes or maybe because it’s a delicious salad to go with all the savory flavored or maybe because a leftover turkey sandwich isn’t the same without it. I love it for all three reasons!

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  936. Every year on Christmas eve we cook quiche so Christmas morning all we have to do is warm them up for breakfast. I look forward to them every year !

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  942. My Mom makes a homemade fruit cocktail as an appetizer before Thanksgiving. One of the things I look forward to most.:)

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  946. My favorite holiday related food is my mom’s sweet potato casserole. It is so delicious! Crunchy pecans and gooey marshmallows on top. To die for delicious!

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  949. It would make my year if I could win one of Ree’s cookbooks! I have recently become unemployed and feel the impending doom of not being able to provide a Christmas for my daughter, who is an avid santa believer. I am planning on making the delious looking stuffing she made for the Thanksgiving episode.Thanks so much and have a great day!

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  952. Our favorite favorite is homemade, nothing from a can, all from scratch great bean casserole and non traditionally except for our family, we have cornbread salad.

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  957. My favorite Holiday related food has to be Stuffing. Just saw the pioneer woman make an awesome looking stuffing today and want to try it someday. 🙂

    (GIVEAWAY)

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  958. Pick me! Pick me! (she exclaimed shamelessly, tossing aside her reserve and dignity–after all, it’s Ree Drummond!)

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  978. My favorite holiday dish is my mother’s bread stuffing with almost everything in it but the kitchen sink. Even tho she is no longer with us – I still make it for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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  982. Where do I begin? So much to love and stuff. I guess my all time favourite is my momma’s home made giblet gravy which I miss more than words can say since I now live far away (in England) and my husband does not eat fowl. We end up at a carvery so I can have my turkey fix once a year. And they certainly do not make giblet gravy. I have liked your Facebook, shared on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Ti.Colluney, And Twittered about ya https://twitter.com/EternalsBlissy, and also subscribed to your blog (eternaisbliss@aol.com). So that makes what 5 entries since I don’t really do pininterest and cannot remember my password if my life counted on it!

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  992. My favorite holiday food is probably pumpkin bread or pumpkin pie, but it’s the whole food thing together that makes it for me….turkey, potatoes, stuffing, cranberry, then stuff yourself with dessert you don’t need!

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  997. Favorite holiday related dish: my moms homemade gravy and mashed potatoes. Still one I’m trying to perfect myself 🙂
    Or Christmas fudge, one of those things that’s always at our family gatherings so it brings back and holds many memories.

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  1003. my favorite holiday dish to make on thanksgiving is turkey its a challenge to get it right and love turkey thanks for the giveaway

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  1006. I love bread pudding even though I don’t make it very often due to the stuff seeming to go straight to my hips! Will definitely try this one and am glad Ree recommended your site. I’ll be back.

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  1011. My Mom’s dressing….I made sure I had the recipe down pat when she got older so I could carry on the tradition. She’s been gone 9 years, but is very real to us every time we make her dressing.

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  1025. I love the dressing and gravy but the dish it seems is always saved for the holiday is the sweet potato casserole. I used to use the canned yams but once I tried with the real thing, no going back. Happy Thanksgiving.

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  1027. All-time favorite is real Southern Chicken Cornbread Dressing. And may have to amend that after I make that Bread Pudding!!!

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  1029. Your dish looks delicious!! Mine and my family’s favorite holiday dish is candied sweet potatoes!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  1036. My favorite is the roasted turkey basted in butter, herbs and white wine. My daughters and I eat very little turkey at dinner, we wait until it’s cleanup time then pick the meat off the bird and dredge the meat through the wonderful juices on the bottom of the roaster!

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  1038. My go to, must have Thanksgiving side dish is sweet & sour caramelized onions. They’ve been on our TG table for 30 years:-)

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  1044. My breakfast casserole. I have started following you on Pinterest….looks like lots of great things on the boards.

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  1047. I usually think about the fruit salad my mom always put together in the special crystal bowl…each layer a different fruit…so beautiful…like a centerpiece…. she passed away in 2007…and I now keep that same tradition IP.

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  1048. I think I’d have to say that the turkey is my favorite food of the holiday. We really only eat it at Thanksgiving (and Christmas), so it brings a feeling of family togetherness. Happy Holidays!

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  1051. My favorite holiday recipe is my grandmother, Gheegee’s, candied yams. When I was little, I was so repulsed by their bright orange hue. Now, as an adult, they are the food that reminds me of her most. They are so super simple (yams, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, water), but they taste like they take hours and bookoos of ingredients. None of us can make them quite like her, which leads me to believe she didn’t tell us the whole story while she was alive….but it’s fun to attempt them nonetheless (plus, they’re still delicious, even if they’re not exactly like hers)!

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  1062. I love stuffing…and turkey….and corn bread…and, well, everything that makes it to the table on Thanksgiving!

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  1066. my favorite holiday dish is stuffing/dressing! we never have it at any other time of the year, so i always eat a ton of it for thanksgiving!

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  1068. we make our Turkey outdoors under a trashcan. It comes out so tender and juicy. No matter how many pounds it is everyone cooks in 3 hours and the best part you have your oven for all the fixings.

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  1075. I would love a copy of Ree’s cookbook. I would like to try a lot of her recipes, including this bread pudding. Thanks.

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  1079. IF I had to narrow it down to one dish, it would have to be the centerpiece dish-the turkey. My husband only wants it twice a year, Thanksgiving & Christmas, so I have to savor it while I can.

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  1080. I absolutely love mashed potatoes (the real things!) and homemade noodles!! its absolutely delicious and i’ll probably just fill up on that during the holidays!

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  1091. Favorite holiday food is Christmas cookies, plus George has the best song to play while cooking them. 🙂

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  1092. I love bread pudding, and make it often for my family. My recipe is from a cooking school in New Orleans! Thank you for the opportunity to enter.

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  1098. My favorite part of a Holiday meal is my husband’s French Apple Crumb pie or Pecan Pie. His crust is by far the best in the whole world! He loves making them and we love eating them. He and his brothers also make hot, spicy dill pickles and sell them at fairs. Someday, we would like to open a ‘Pies to Pickles’ shop. 🙂

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  1099. I would love to win this Cookbook! Love her show. My favorite Thanksgiving recipe is Green Bean Bundles.
    Thanks

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  1102. My favorite holiday related food, is a toss up between the cornbread dressing and date bars. Could eat my weight in both.

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  1107. My favorite holiday food is sweet potatoes in orange cups – usually made with love by my mother-in-law! I’m making them this year as a surprise for the whole family for Thanksgiving!

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  1109. LOVE stuffing at Thanksgiving, but best known for my pies. I think I’ll stick with stuffing for this comment!

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  1110. Fav holiday dish….. green bean casserole 🙂 I can never make this and it always comes out soupy… so I always look forward to my aunt’s perfect casserole!

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  1113. My favorite holiday dish is actually a very simple one. It’s a sandwich spread that my mom makes every Christmas Eve for a party we have. She only makes it On Christmas Eve so its something we all look forward to each year. When I was growing up, our neighbors would stop in Christmas Eve day for some of the sandwiches, visit for awhile, and then leave, thats how our Christmas Eve party tradition started.

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  1128. My favorite holiday food is the lefse and meatballs. We only have them a few times each year, so it is a big treat for our family.

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  1131. I would love that book! She was just here in OKC the other day signing them @ Full Circle Book Store. My favorite is green bean casserole, my way.

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  1134. Oh, where do I begin…I have so many: mashed potatoes, apple pie…the turkey and the green bean casserole…but I would have to say is my number one is: mashed potatoes!

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  1139. I love mashed potatoes. I usually use Pw’s recipe, this year I’m switching the cream cheese for Marscapone cheese.

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  1140. I LOVE Pecan pie and Ree’s mashed potatoes with cream cheese, heavy cream and butter!! They are just to die for.

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  1143. I make several kinds of dressing, and eat them all! I think I’ll be adding your mushroom dish this time too. Thanks for posting.

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  1145. My favorite holiday dish has to be the homemade stuffing my Mother had made for years to go with the turkey! Soooo good!

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  1147. My favorite Thanksgiving dish has to be my mother’s stuffing/dressing! It’s filled with sausage and sage and is the best!!!

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  1150. Mine is my mother in laws Christmas spinach and pickled shrimp. Today was her birthday, may she rest in peace and watch over us. Love you mom.

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  1170. I only make it at Thanksgiving time each year but I love my homemade cranberry sauce with cinnamon, ginger and orange!

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  1171. Oh yes, that sauce! For years, family requested a certain Apple Cake with Rum Sauce, which I made (of course!). Then one year I used leftover sauce to top vanilla ice cream. It was the very same sauce as this one. It is ambrosia! If you don’t have heavy cream, you can use evaporated milk – seriously.

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  1175. Grandmother’s dressing —– along with her fig preserves served in her pretty cut glass bowl with glass serving spoon! LOVE IT!

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  1199. Fave at thanksgiving? Def my grandmas turkey stuffing. Consistency of meatloaf, baked in the bird and rediculously rich and delicious. My cardiologist probably doesn’t like the dozen eggs and pound of butter, but we just won’t tell him….

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  1214. If I don’t make my mashed potatoes, there would be a riot. They are about as far from healthy as you can get but that’s what makes them such a treat.

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  1215. My favorite holiday food is Honey Baked Ham and potato salad. Since the ham is ready to serve, that leaves time to make more sides which is my favorite for any holiday.

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  1217. I like boozy bread pudding. It’s the only way to go. I’m less thrilled by PW. (Ohh, did I just say that out loud?). I do get why women like her though. I really do. Ummmm… I like those green plates. Could you put me in a drawing to win those green plates? GREG

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  1219. My family and I look forward every holiday season to the cranberry salad that my mother made every year! Really enjoy your recipes!!

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  1222. My favorite holiday recipe is Cinnamon Jello Salad that my grandmother used to make and now my sister makes for Thanksgiving! It is simple and good – not something most people have tried, but always reminds me of holidays!

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  1226. Stuffing. This will be my first Thanksgiving without delicious gluten-filled stuffing, but hopefully I can cook up something that will be equally delicious.

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  1230. It wouldn’t be a holiday without my grandmother’s Christmas salad…one of those great Southern recipes with pinapple, marshmallows, whipped cream…etc., etc

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  1234. I grew up loving everything my Mama made on Thanksgiving, especially her stuffing. Then I met my husband and he blew my away with his stuffing. Now I can’t imagine Thanksgiving without his stuffing. Sorry Mama!

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  1245. Even though I didn’t grow up eating corn muffins or cornbread on Thanksgiving, it has becoming a tradition that I bake either muffins or cornbread to take to my daughter’s house every Thanksgiving. My 3 grandsons love them…and we are a mostly Polish family! So, we save our Polish customs for Christmas and Easter…and relish those corn muffins on Thanksgiving.

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  1249. We have a new young member of our family this holiday season, and her favorite dessert is bread pudding- having a great tried and true recipe to try is exciting. 🙂 My usual begged-for scalloped corn, and a very simple flourless chocolate cake served with either fresh raspberries, if we can find them, or with homemade caramel sauce. Happy holidays!

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  1250. I love bread pudding but I’ve never had one that looked this good. I’m not in the states but that cookbook sounds fantastic. I’ve never made one of Ree’s recipes that didn’t please everyone at the table.

    I can’t wait to make my grandmother’s family favorite pork stuffing for the turkey.

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  1262. HANDS DOWN I WOULD HAVE TO SAY………..DRUM ROLL PLEASE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE! A WOMAN FRIEND NAMED BUBI, GAVE ME THIS 15+++YEARS AGO AND MY FAMILY THINKS THE WORLD WAS COMING TO AN END IF I DON’T MAKE IT, LOL!!!

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  1263. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, HANDS DOWN THAT IT WOULD BE SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE. THE RECIPE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY AN 85 YEAR OLD WOMAN NAMED BUBBI. IT HAS BEEN MY FAMILIES FAVORITE FOR 15++ YEARS.

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  1264. We do a sweet potato and apple bake that is the centerpiece of my Thanksgiving plate, as the lone vegetarian. And for Christmas, my mom always does beef as the entree, so I bring something mushroom-related, whether it be a tart, a soup or risotto.

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  1268. I like Creative Culinary on Facebook.
    and I like those sugared cranberries. I am going to have to check out your link for those. I remember wanting to make those last year too!

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  1271. My favorite Thanksgiving or Christmas dish is the stuffing ~ traditional sage/herb stuffing, and lots of it!

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  1275. Barb, gorgeous dessert! Love it and I do enjoy the Pioneer Woman’s site, although I haven’t had as much time to frequent it as much as I used to. I have made a number of her recipes and her bbq meatballs are a favorite around here.

    Now don’t mind me, but I am going to comment like crazy (well, ok, just up to the 6 times) with each of the entries. I’d love this pretty new cookbook to use for the holidays and beyond!

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  1281. I think everyone in our family loves the stuffing the best. We still do it the old fashioned
    way (stuffing it in the bird). No one has died yet. We also make extra outside the bird,
    because there is never enough. We love it leftover (even cold). We continue to use my Dad’s
    recipe. He had been gone for 35 years, but his recipe lives on. Thanks, Dad.

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  1285. 1) This looks awesome and I would love to win the cookbook!
    2) My favorite holiday dish is a hot crab dip I make at Christmas
    3) I have a) Pinned this recipe, b) Shared on Twitter c) Shared on Facebook d) I have already liked your FB page and finally e) I do subscribe via email

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  1286. I have a tradition of making cinnamon pecan sticky rolls for Christmas morning. One year I didn’t make them and all hell broke loose in the house. I learned my lesson and I will never forget to make the rolls.
    A few years back I changed my recipe slightly to use some of the techniques Ree uses in her cinnamon rolls…using baking powder and baking soda along with yeast. The rolls are even better with the new formula.

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  1287. Sounds like a great book and a terrific bread pudding. Bread pudding is one of those desserts that I sometimes forget about, and every time I eat it I wonder why. It’s good stuff! 😉 This looks like a particularly nice version – I like a bread pudding with loads of texture (none of that mushy kind for me!). My favorite holiday? Thanksgiving! Any holiday that’s all about food speaks to me. My favorite dish is probably stuff (or dressing or filling – depending on what part of the country you’re from). And come to think of it, stuffing is really nothing more than a savory bread pudding, is it? 😉

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  1295. My favorite holiday recipe is a two-crust bacon mushroom quiche called Funny Side Up Pie (the name comes from the smiling face cut into the top crust instead of vents.) This has been the Christmas breakfast for three generations of my family. Now. Gimme that cookbook. Pleeeeeeease?

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  1296. Besides all the regular holiday fixin’s I love the corn souffle I make to go with our honey baked ham on Christmas day! Also love the Fondue we make for New Years!

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  1297. Who wouldn’t love a boozey bread pudding? I’m with you on all the photo steps but I guess it is helpful for many folks. She truly has found her niche. My favorite foods are always dessert related but manservant smokes a mean turkey~I subscribe by email.

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  1300. There are a few items that I a make specifically around Thanksgiving and Christmas that I must make for it to be the holidays. The item that everyone requests is Pumpkin Crisp. It is similar to pumpkin bars but close to pumpkin pie at the same time.

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  1307. I love that you used sesame topped bread. That adds such a nice nutty flavor. My favorite holiday dish? I think it would have to be either chocolate bread and butter pudding or sticky toffee pudding. That is a hard question Ms. Kiebel!

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