15 Make Ahead Thanksgiving Recipes

15 Make Ahead Thanksgiving Recipes. Each featured recipe includes multiple photos.

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Make Ahead Sweet Potato Casserole | Melanie Makes

This Make Ahead Sweet Potato Casserole is perfect as it allows you to – as the name implies! – make it ahead of time and serve when you’re ready.  

 

Make Ahead Butterhorns | Neighbor Food

Flaky, sweet, and buttery, these make-ahead Butterhorns will be the star of your Thanksgiving table.

 

White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake | Garnish & Glaze

With a silky smooth texture, elegant chocolate shavings, whipped cream, and a gingersnap crust, everyone will be making room for dessert when they see this White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake.

 

Three Cheese Mashed Potatoes | Little Dairy on the Prairie

Three Cheese Mashed Potatoes are creamier, cheesier, and more decadent than you can imagine! And, they can be made ahead of time! I love recipes that save me hassle right at dinner time!

 

Layered Salad | Diary of a Recipe Collector

Layered Salad is an awesome make-ahead salad great for potlucks or family gatherings.

 

Slow Cooker Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing | Melanie Makes

This Slow Cooker Cornbread and Sausage Stuffing knocks the socks off anything you’d buy from a box at the grocery store, yet is just as easy to prepare.  

 

Cranberry Jello Salad | Neighbor Food

Bright and festive Cranberry Jello Salad is the perfect side dish or dessert for the holidays. Made with raspberry gelatin, fresh cranberry relish, and crushed pineapple, this sweet and tangy jello salad is always a hit!

 

Dutch Apple Pie | Garnish & Glaze

Dutch Apple Pie is a combination of a classic pie and a crisp. You get that same apple filling, flaky buttery crust, plus a sweet crispy crumb topping. This pie will knock your socks off!

 

Maple Glazed Carrots | Little Dairy on the Prairie

Maple Glazed Carrots is one of those side dishes that could almost pass as dessert! These carrots are gorgeous served with Thanksgiving Dinner, Easter, or even weeknight meal!

 

Parmesan Crockpot Sweet Potatoes | Diary of a Recipe Collector

Perfect Easy, Quick Weeknight Side Dish or Holiday Side Dish in Your Slow Cooker! Packed Full of Garlic and Parmesan Flavor!

 

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apple and Bacon | Melanie Makes

These Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Apple and Bacon will become a Thanksgiving dinner staple.  A simple, yet satisfying, holiday – or anytime! – side dish.  

 

Corn Soufflé | Neighbor Food

This creamy sweet Corn Soufflé recipe is one of our favorite easy side dishes for the holidays!

 

No Bake Pumpkin Toffee Ice Box Cake | Little Diary on the Prairie

You are going to fall in love with every layer of this No Bake Pumpkin Toffee Icebox Cake! Everything from the cinnamon spiced pumpkin, to the cheesecake layer, to the crunchy toffee chips make perfectly luscious dessert!

 

Crescent Apple Cheesecake | Diary of a Recipe Collector

Refrigerated crescent rolls serve as a crust and are filled with cheesecake and apples, baked until golden, and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.

 

Sweet Potato Casserole | Garnish & Glaze

Sweet Potato Casserole is the yummiest Thanksgiving side dish. Smooth and creamy mashed sweet potatoes topped with a crunchy pecan crumb topping. Everyone wants seconds of this sweet dish!

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