Thanksgiving or Christmas Dinner

• Ham
• Smoked turkey
• Gravy
• Stuffing
• Mashed potatoes
• Corn pudding
• Mac n cheese
• Green beans
• Cranberries
• Rolls
• Chocolate cake w white icing
• Pecan pie
• Chocolate Chess Pie
• Pina Colada Cake

Ham- How to Cook/Handle/Prepare

Remove packaging material and plastic disk over bone. Use pan at least 1 inch deep. Wrap ham in foil. For best results, heat in a 300°F oven to an internal temperature of 120°F (approximately 13-15 minutes per pound). Do not overcook, as this will dry the ham.

• 12 - 24 lb. turkey (fresh or frozen and fully thawed)
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 3 garlic cloves, minced (1 Tbsp)
• 1 tsp dried thyme, or 1 Tbsp chopped fresh*
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 4 celery ribs, chopped into 2-inch pieces
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped into chunks
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped into 2-inch pieces

Turkey- 

12 - 24 lb. turkey (fresh or frozen and fully thawed)

1/4 cup butter, softened

3 garlic cloves, minced (1 Tbsp)

1 tsp dried thyme, or 1 Tbsp chopped fresh*

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 Tbsp all-purpose flour

4 celery ribs, chopped into 2-inch pieces

1 large yellow onion, peeled and chopped into chunks

2 carrots cut into 2-inch pieces

• Move oven rack one level below center and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small mixing bowl stir together butter, garlic, thyme and season with a little salt and pepper.
• Remove neck and giblets from turkey and remove any pin feathers left behind. Tuck wings under turkey. Season cavity of turkey with salt and pepper.
• Using the back end of a wooden spoon separate turkey breast skin from breast. Rub butter underneath skin (again I just use the back end of the spoon), smooth over skin to spread butter out. You can just rub butter over skin but I feel it seasons better when rubbed underneath.
• Season all over turkey with a fair amount of salt and pepper.
• Add 1 Tbsp flour to the Reynolds Kitchens Turkey Size Oven Bag and shake. Place oven bag in a roasting pan, add celery, onion and carrots to oven bag. Place turkey over vegetable layer in oven bag.
• Close oven bag with the oven safe tie included. Cut 6 slits across top of the oven bag to allow steam to escape then tuck ends of oven bag into the pan.
• Cook unstuffed turkey according to size (the breast should register 165 degrees in center of thickest portion in several places and the thigh 175 degrees on an instant read thermometer):
  12 - 16 lb turkey: 2 - 2 1/4 hours
  16 - 20 lb turkey: 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 hours
  20 - 24 lb turkey: 2 1/2 - 3 hours
• Let turkey rest 20 minutes. Carefully cut top of oven bag open, transfer turkey to carving board and carve.

Mac n cheese

1 can condensed milk

1 can cheddar cheese soup

2 eggs

Mix together above ingredients add salt & pepper

1 box macaroni- cook as directed

Add to cheese & milk mixture

Add regular milk to just below macaroni line

Mix in a small bag of sharp cheddar cheese

Add additional Salt and pepper

Top w another bag of sharp cheddar cheese

Refrigerate over night 

Bake 350 1 hour

Stuffing - Stoffers

Gravy-Heinz jar

Mashed potatoes 

Wash potatoes

Place in slow cooker the morning serving on low covered with water and cook all day

When ready to serve drain water and put in kitchen aid mixer with paddle attachment

Mix well to soften

Add 1-2 sticks of butter depending on the amount of potatoes

Add milk for creamy potatoes

Add salt & pepper

Serve

You do not need to remove the skins

Corn Pudding

2 cans cream style corn 

6 T flour 

6 T butter 

3 eggs 

1 c sugar 

1 c milk 

Preheat oven to 350 

Melt butter in casserole dish 

Mix eggs, flour, sugar and milk together. 

Add corn. 

Place in melted butter dish. 

Bake for 1 hour. 

Very important to stir at 30 min so it is not soupy.

You can prepare mixture ahead and refrigerate over night but it might need to cook an extra 15 min, stir about 40 minutes when doing this way.

Green beans-Margaret Holmes Seasoned Italian Green Beans

Rolls- Sister Schubert's Dinner Yeast Rolls

Cranberry sauce

1 cup water

1 cup of sugar

Place in sauce pan and bring to a boil to dissolve sugar

Add 1 bag of washed cranberries

Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until most of the cranberries have burst.

Refrigerate overnight before serving

Pecan Pie- Karo Syrup bottle recipe

Chocolate chess pie

1 T flour

1 1/2 c sugar

pinch salt

1/2 c milk

1/2 c butter melted

6 T cocoa

2 eggs, beaten

1 t vanilla

9 inch pie shell unbaked

Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

Bake in crust at 400 for 10 min.

Reduce heat to 300 for 35-40 min.

Pie should jiggle just slightly when removed.

Chocolate Cake with White Icing 

Devils food cake as box directed

Vanilla frosting

Mandarin Orange Salad

1 pkg Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix

1 Large can Crushed Pineapple (undrained)

2 Medium/Large cans Mandarin Oranges (drained)

1 pkg Cool Whip 8 oz ( and you could use fat free)

Mix together Cool Whip and Instant vanilla pudding (do NOT make the pudding, just use it dry).

Add undrained crushed pineapple and both cans of drained Mandarin Oranges. (Use as many mandarins as you like, more/less)

Save a few mandarin oranges to decorate the top of salad.

Refrigerate until it thickens again maybe a couple of hours before you need to use it.

Use as a side dish with a meal or serve with ice cream as a dessert!

You can make this healthier by choosing low/no sugar instant pudding mix and cool whip, and fresh mandarins.

Copycat Cranberry Bliss Bars

 

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 
• ¼ teaspoon salt 
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• ¾ cup salted butter
• 1 ½ cups light brown sugar 
• 2 large eggs 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• ½ cup dried cranberries 
• 1 brick of cream cheese 
• 2 cups white chocolate chips 
• 1 Tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1 cup powdered sugar

1. First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a 13×9-inch baking dish.
2. Next, in one bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. In another bowl, mix the butter and sugar, then beat in the eggs and vanilla.
3. Add the flour mixture to the cream mixture.
4. Stir in the cranberries and chopped chocolate.
5. Next, spread the batter into the pan and bake for 18-21 minutes.
6. While the blondie layer cools, make the frosting and prep the melted white chocolate topping.
7. Spread the frosting over the brownies and top with cranberries and melted white chocolate.
8. Finally, cut the brownies and serve.

SERVE: You can keep these cranberry bliss bars bars at room temperature for about 2-3 hours before they need to be covered and refrigerated.

STORE: These bars will keep, chilled and in an air-tight container for up to 5 days.

FREEZE: This cranberry bliss bar recipe freezes nicely. Place the bars in a freezer safe container and freeze for up to six weeks.

https://foodfolksandfun.net/cranberry-bliss-bars/

Amish Pumpkin Crunch

 

• 2 cups pumpkin
• 1 ½ milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 yellow cake mix
• ½ cup chopped pecans, opt
• ¾ cup butter, melted

📋 Instructions

1. Combine pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
2. Pour into a greased 9 by 13 inch cake pan.
3. Sprinkle dry cake mix on pumpkin mixture.
4. Top with pecans then drizzle butter over all.
5. Bake at 350 until golden brown, around 50-60 minutes in the oven. You can cover with foil if it starts to get too done.
6. Eat warm with ice cream or cool and serve chilled with whipped topping

https://www.amish365.com/amish-pumpkin-crunch/

Chris Coffee Punch

 1 gallon whole milk

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream

1/2 gallon chocolate ice cream

1/4 cup powdered instant coffee

2 cups white sugar

1 cup water

In a small saucepan mix the coffee powder, sugar and water and heat until the sugar has melted and all the ingredients are dissolved and well mixed. Don't boil. 

Refrigerate the mixture in an airtight container until you are ready to use it, at least 30 minutes. The liquid will get kind of syrupy.

When ready to serve, pour the syrup into a large punch bowl.

Add the entire gallon of milk and stir. 

Add all the ice cream by scoops into the punch. Stir gently to mix. The ice cream doesn't have to melt all the way prior to the party. It serves as ice, keeping the punch cold.

Serve with extra hershey syrup and whipped cream as toppers

dukesandduchesses.com

Chris Holley

Millie's Amish Carrot Cake

 

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup oil
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup yogurt
• 2 Tsp. vanilla
• 2 Tsps. cinnamon
• 2 Tsps. baking soda
• ½ Tsp. salt
• 2 cups four
• 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 cups finely grated carrots
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 cup coconut

🧁 Icing Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 Tsp. vanilla
• 2 ½ cups powdered sugar

1. Mix all ingredients together.
2. Pour into a greased nine-inch by 13-inch pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes.
4. Frost when cool.

Frosting

1. Mix until smooth.
2. Frost cool cake.
3. Enjoy!

https://www.amish365.com/amish-carrot-cake/

Turkey Chili

30 oz. lean ground turkey (95-97% lean)

14.5 oz. can of diced tomatoes

30 oz. tomato sauce

4 tsp. chili powder

1/8 tsp. allspice

1/8 tsp. cumin

1/8 tsp. onion powder

1/8 tsp. garlic powder

1/8 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. Splenda

DIRECTIONS:

1. Brown the ground turkey and drain it.

2. Add all ingredients to crockpot.

3. Cook for 8 hours on low, or 4 hours on high.

(You can also cook this on the stove in a stock pot for about an hour.)

Lean and green servings:

This recipe makes four servings, which is about 1.5 cups per serving (A soup ladle is about 0.5 cups, so you get three soup ladles full of chili -- be sure to measure). One serving counts as a full lean and green, as follows:

1 leaner protein

3 vegetable servings

3 condiments