5 Cranberry Brie Bite Recipes

Thanksgiving appetizers have a tough job: they must look impressive, taste like the holiday, and come together without stealing oven space from the turkey. Cranberry brie bites do all three in about half an hour — golden puff pastry cups cradling melted brie, tart cranberry sauce, and fresh rosemary, small enough to eat in two … Read more

5 Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Salad Recipes

5 Make-Ahead Thanksgiving Salad Recipes Every Thanksgiving table needs one dish that does not fight for oven space, and this make-ahead Thanksgiving salad is that dish. Mixed greens, Honeycrisp apples, salty feta, toasted pecans, pumpkin seeds, and crispy prosciutto come together under a bright maple-Dijon vinaigrette. The trick is a system: prepare every component in … Read more

5 Cranberry Jalapeño Dip Recipes

5 Cranberry Jalapeño Dip Recipes In our house, the dish guests hover around before Thanksgiving dinner is this cranberry jalapeño dip: whipped cream cheese crowned with a ruby-red relish. It looks fancy, but it needs only a bag of fresh cranberries, a couple of jalapeños, and about twenty minutes of mostly hands-off time. The appeal … Read more

5 Honey Butter Monkey Bread Recipes

5 Honey Butter Monkey Bread Recipes Monkey bread is the pull-apart breakfast that turns a quiet morning into a small event. Balls of dough are rolled in cinnamon sugar, stacked in a Bundt pan, and drowned in a butter-sugar syrup that bakes into a sticky, caramelized coating. The honey butter version is the one that … Read more

5 Christmas Tree Brownie Recipes

5 Christmas Tree Brownie Recipes Christmas baking starts earlier every year, and this season the treat taking over social media is the Christmas tree brownie: a fudgy brownie cut into a triangle, decorated like a little tree, and cute enough that people photograph it before eating it. The idea is simple, but the difference between … Read more

5 Crockpot Green Bean Casserole Recipes

5 Crockpot Green Bean Casserole Recipes Green bean casserole is the Thanksgiving side people argue about, and the argument is almost always about texture. The classic version can turn soft and soupy by the time the turkey rests, and the oven is already full. The slow cooker fixes both problems. It holds the casserole at … Read more

5 Halloween Candy Bark Recipes

5 Halloween Candy Bark Recipes Halloween night ends the same way in most houses: a bowl, bag, or pillowcase full of candy, and a family that is suddenly tired of eating it one piece at a time. Candy bark is the fix. Melted chocolate becomes a thin, snappy base, chopped candy becomes the topping, and … Read more