So, I was going to do a long Thanksgiving post today, but now the day is quickly slipping by, so I will cheat and show you 2 things I made for Thanksgiving.
The thing I love about Thanksgiving food is that once Thanksgiving is over, you can still talk about the food because Christmas dinner is a lot of the same things as Thanksgiving!!
This year, we spent the day with my in-laws. My mother-in-law provided everything major – the turkey and ham, potatoes, salad, rolls, stuffing. The rest of us were told to bring whatever we wanted. So I brought 2 pies (which I will blog about later) as well as the sweet potatoes and some pumpkin fudge. Both the pumpkin fudge and the sweet potatoes were things that I saw on other blogs and knew that I wanted to try!!
I saw this pumpkin fudge on Dianne’s Dishes. I don’t think I had ever tried pumpkin fudge before, so I was game!! It wasn’t like we needed another dessert, but I needed an excuse to make this fudge. It was super easy to put together. I made it the night before and stored it in the refrigerator. The only complaint I had was a very small one. It was quite soft, so it was a little hard to slice and put on a serving plate to look pretty. But that didn’t stop everyone from eating it!!
This holiday Pumpkin Fudge recipe brings the taste of the season with pumpkin, white chocolate and marshmallow.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 2/3 cups of evaporated milk
- 1/2 cup of pumpkin
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 1 tsp of salt
- 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
- 12 ounces of white chocolate, chopped fine
- 2 cups of miniature marshmallows
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13-inch dish with butter and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, evaporated milk, pumpkin, butter, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Heat over medium heat. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 12 minutes, stirring often. Remove from the heat and stir in the white chocolate and marshmallows. Stir in the vanilla.
- Pour into the prepared pan and chill until set. Cut into squares.
Notes
source: Diannes Dishes
Photo Updated December 2012
I’m sure just about everyone follows a wonderful blog called The Pioneer Woman Cooks. What a wonderful blog, and Ree has such a great sense of humor!! Since I just discovered I love sweet potatoes, the minute I saw this recipe on Serious Eats, I knew I wanted to try it. These are DELICIOUS!! Many people that didn’t like sweet potatoes tried these and loved them. This is a recipe that is staying in my repertoire!!
A sweet and decadent sweet potato casserole - perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Milk
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup Flour
- 3/4 sticks Butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Scrub the sweet potatoes and bake them until fork tender, 30-45 minutes. When they are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a large bowl. Raise the oven heat to 400F.
- Add the sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla and salt. Mash until combined - they don't need to be perfectly smooth.
- In another bowl, mix together the brown sugar, pecans and flour. Add the butter, and using a pastry cutter, cut in the butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Spread the potato mixture into a large baking dish. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the top.
- Bake in the oven until golden brown, 30-40 miniutes.
Notes
source: The Pioneer Woman via Serious Eats
You REALLY turned around when it comes to sweet potatoes! Both the fudge and the potatoes look fabulous. Hope your Turkey Day was great!
Those sweet potatoes look really good. I’ll have to check out her blog.
I love making fudge, too.
I wonder if you could make the fudge more sturdier? If only we had Alton Brown here….
Those sweet potatoes are a staple at our family Thanksgiving. Everyone loves them. I think there would be a riot if we didn’t have them every year! Your Thanksgiving looks yum:)
Pumpkin fudge would be a real treat. I am always looking for new ways to have sweet potatoes as well. Thanks for the tips!!!
Deb, that fudge has been on my mind ever since I saw it on Dianne’s blog – I’m craving it even more now!
Mmm pumpkin fudge. Gotta love pumpkin season!
That pumpkin fudge is genious! I am going to have to try!
Um…can you say DELICIOUS?!?! This fudge looks heavenly (as do your loaves below). Is that a pumpkin roll in your blog title? I have never made one but have certainly enjoyed my fair share. Do you have a good recipe?
Countrygirl – I have a recipe for the one I made under Desserts-Cakes/cupcakes. I really liked it!
That fudge and those sweet potatoes are incredible! The sweet potatoes sort of define dessert for dinner!
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