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Thanksgiving Morning

Recipe	Owner(s)	Notes
Breakfast French Toast.	Robin	Typically a Christmas dish so may swap out.
Bacon	Robin
Fruit Salad???	Robin

Thanksgiving Lunch

Snacks. Layout finger snacks. TJs shrimp cocktail, Olives. Nuts. Dried fruit. Cheese...	Kirk, Robin, Betsy

Thanksgiving Dinner

The Best Simple Roast Turkey with Gravy	Kirk, Ken
Grandma Lang's Bread Stuffing.	Jim
Maple-Glazed Sweet Potatoes.	Kirk
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction & Pomegranate seeds	Mary, Kirk
Mashed Potatoes	Mary, Kirk
Mom's Ambrosia	Robin
Orange Bowknots	Ken
Cranberry Sauce	Kirk

Thanksgiving Dessert

Gandma Lang's Apple Dumplings	Kirk, Betsy	Can also do an apple or other fruit pie
Extra-Smooth Pumpkin Pie	Betsy, Robin	Who else really wants pumpkin pie? Robin is fine with skipping as we've had other pumpkin spiced dessert this month.

Friday

Breakfast: Left over french toast or if not enough for everyone corn meal waffles.	Kirk, Robin	Kirk to have relish pre-made and bring along. Mary to help cook the fish. Heat up left-over sides.
Dinner: Pan-Roasted Cod with Green Olive, Almond, and Orange Relish	Kirk, Mary	Kirk to have relish pre-made and bring along. Mary to help cook the fish. Heat up left-over sides.

Grocery List

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Schedule

Day #1 - Nov 25th

• Bread. Make and bake 2 loaves. If we want to use homemade bread for the dressing.
• Make Turkey Stock
• Pie Dough. Make the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and store in the fridge.

Day #2 - Nov 26th

• 9:00 am. Drive up to Surprise.
• Afternoon. Bread Stuffing. Toast and cut bread. Chop and mix the dressing.
• Afternoon. Apple Dumplings. If we decide on these then prep apples. Roll out dough. Wrap apples in dough and get into the fridge.
• Afternoon. Pumpkin Pie. Make pie custard. Roll out pie dough. Cook the pie and store in fridge.
• Evening. Breakfast French Toast. Cut bread and pour egg mixture over. Prepare apples and place on top of bread. Cover with cinnamon sugar mixture. Place in fridge over night.
• Evening. Ambrosia. Drain cans of fruit in fridge over night.
• Night. Pick up Mary from airport Wednesday night

Day #3 - Thanksgiving

• Morning. French Toast. Bake french toast. Cook bacon. Prepare fruit salad.
• Morning. Orange Bowknots. Make the dough. Form the knots and let them sit out to rise.
• 10:00 am. Turkey. Remove from cooler and bag. Make turkeyt injection. Cool injection liquid.
• 11:00 am. Turkey. Stuff turkey with apples, sage and garlic. Tie turkey. Inject turkey.
• 11:00 am. Ambrosia. Make the ambrosia. Cover and store in fridge or cooler.
• 11:00 am. Turkey. Place steel into oven and turn oven on to 500°.
• 12:00 pm. Turkey. Place turkey into oven. Set oven to 300°
• 1:00 pm. Sweet Potatoes. Fully prepare potatoes and then put to the side. Reheat in hot oven just before serving. Prepare the candied pecans but do not add to dish until just prior to serving.
• 2:00 pm. Mashed Potatoes. Cut and cook potatoes. Mash and mix with ~3/4 of the butter and cream. Cover and store.
• 2:00 pm. Turkey. Check temperature at multiple locations. Thighs. Breasts.
• 2:30 pm. Brussels Sprouts. Make the balsamic reduction.
• 3:00 pm. Brussels Sprouts. Clean and cut. Mix with oil and place onto 1 or 2 baking sheets. Keep in a single layer with cut side down.
• 3:00 pm. Bread Stuffing. Place covered dressing into 350° oven. Cook to 150° internally.
• 3:45 pm. Bread Stuffing. At 150° internal, remove foil cover. Cook for another 15 - 20 mins, until nice brown crust formed on top.
• ~3:30 - 4:00 pm.Turkey. Remove turkey from oven when deepest part of breast measures 150° and leg measures 165°
After Removing Turkey. Increase both ovens temperature to 400°.
• After Turkey. Brussels Sprouts. Place into 400° oven. Once down move to serving dish. Drizzle with balsamic g
• After Turkey. Gravy. Make the gravy.
• After Turkey. Mashed Potatoes. Reheat in oven. Heat remaining butter and milk in microwave. Mix into reheated potatoes until reach desired texture.
• After Turkey. Sweet Potatoes. Reheat in hot. Garnish with candied pecans just prior to serving.