It is almost Thanksgiving y’all. Can you believe it? I have rounded up 25 make-ahead Thanksgiving recipes for you today. If you have been following along, I already posted a Thanksgiving Preparation Checklist. Now I am going to help you even more for your big day. Make these recipes weeks or days ahead of time to save you the stress on the actual day. Sounds great right? Visit the links below to get the recipes.
Make ahead of time and freeze:
- Apple Banana Bread
- Thanksgiving Bites Appetizer
- Pumpkin Bread
- Caramel Apple Milky Way Cake
- Whole Wheat Stuffing Muffins
- Freezer Dinner Rolls
- Freezer Crescent Rolls
Make two days ahead:
- Pumpkin Spice Trail Mix
- Cranberry Sauce Recipe
- Microwave Peanut Brittle
- Gingersnap Pumpkin Spice Sandwich Cookies
- Turtle Bites
- Mint Chocolate Bark
Make the day before:
- Mini Apple Pies
- Mini Chocolate Pecan Pies
- 5 Ingredient Pumpkin Cupcakes
- Creamy Corn Casserole — reheat the next day
- Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
- Pumpkin Pecan Pie
- Cole Slaw with Nuts
- Candied Sweet Potatoes — cook the potatoes and just candy them quickly and serve.
- Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Low Sugar Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Pumpkin Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
- Turkey Cupcakes
Now get started on these 25 make-ahead Thanksgiving recipes soon! Thanksgiving will be here before you know it and you want to be as stress-free as possible. After all, you should relax at least a little bit on the holidays!
I would also recommend (affiliate) this Pioneer Woman cookbook for every holiday! Don’t we all love her? I am sure you will find other recipes in this book that can be made ahead for your holiday meal.
You can also click here to get my collection of pie recipes! Y’all will love these ideas! And what is Thanksgiving without pie? We always serve up a pie or three for dessert at our family Thanksgiving celebration.
If you have any recipes to add to our list, be sure to tell us in the comment section below. I am always looking for great make-ahead Thanksgiving recipes to make my holiday a bit easier!
Ingredients
Nutter Butter Snowman Christmas Cookies
- 16 ounces Nutter Butter cookies or a smaller package
- white candy coating
- mini M&Ms
- black non-pareils
- orange sprinkles
Santa Nutter Butter Cookies
- white candy coating
- mini chocolate chips
- white sugar pearls
- mini M&Ms
- red sugar
- 16 ounces Nutter Butter cookies
Elf Nutter Butter Cookies
- white candy coating
- mini chocolate chips
- white sugar pearls
- mini M&Ms
- green sugar
- black writing icing
- Nutter Butter cookies
Nutter Butter Reindeer Cookies
- chocolate candy coating
- mini M&Ms
- candy eyes
- pretzels
- Nutter Butter cookies
Instructions
Snowman Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M buttons, nonpareils smile and eyes, and sprinkle nose while the candy coating is still wet. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
Santa Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating on both ends only. Dip top in red sugar leaving a small white band. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M nose, chocolate chip eyes, and white pearl ball for the hat using additional candy coating. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
How to Make Elf Nutter Butter Cookies Recipe
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat the cookies with white candy coating on one end only. Dip in green sugar leaving a small white band. Lay on waxed or parchment paper.
- Add on M&M nose, chocolate chip eyes, and white pearl ball for the hat using additional candy coating. Draw on a mouth with black writing icing. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
Christmas Reindeer Cookies
- Melt the candy coating according to the package directions. Coat these cookies with chocolate candy coating. Lay on waxed or parchment paper. Add on pretzel antlers, candy eyes, and M&M nose while the candy coating is still wet. Allow setting before serving or packaging.
Great collection; we’ll be wanting our fall recipes all too soon.